Get on with it, please!'In one story, Amber lives at Black Rabbit Hall in the 1960s with her brothers and sister and their beautiful, perfect mother, soon out of the picture to be replaced by an evil stepmother. They were wordy that is, descriptions went on and on. So that's the mystery for the first half of the book: why was Lorna at Black Rabbit Hall when she was a child? Both stories bored me. Perfect' Red Read moreīLACK RABBIT HALL is two stories that, for the first half of the book, only seem to be related by photographs showing one story's main character, Lorna, as a child standing in front of Black Rabbit Hall, where everything takes place in the other story. 'There's something about tales of mysterious old buildings that have the ability to set hairs on end. 'Beautifully, poetically written and reminiscent of everything from I Capture The Castle to Hansel And Gretel' Daily Mail 'Atmospheric, with echoes of du Maurier, this haunting novel enchanted me' Woman amp Home 'Black Rabbit Hall's beautifully crafted mystery is a delight I want to experience again and again' STYLIST Ī spellbinding story of two women, separated by decades, but inextricably linked by their connection to the beautiful and mysterious Black Rabbit Hall. And their idyllic world is shattered.ĭecades later, Lorna is drawn to a beautiful yet crumbling old house she hazily remembers from childhood - feels a bond she does not understand.īut a disturbing message left by one of the Alton children tells her that Black Rabbit Hall's history is as dark and tangled as its woods.Īnd much like her own past, it must be brought into the light. The hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall.įor the four Alton children, it's the perfect summer escape where not much ever happens - until one stormy evening, something does.

THE SPELLBINDING MYSTERY FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RICHARD amp JUDY PICK, THE GLASS HOUSE

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