{"title":"John Harwood","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-asylum-paperback","title":"The Asylum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harwood, master of creeping Victorian horror, does it again . . . Twisted in every sense of the word and wonderfully atmospheric.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConfused and disoriented, Georgina Ferrars awakens in a small room in Tregannon House, a remote asylum in England. She has no memory of the past few weeks. The doctor, Maynard Straker, tells her that she admitted herself under the name Lucy Ashton, then suffered a seizure. When she insists he has mistaken her for someone else, Dr. Straker sends a telegram to her uncle, who replies that Georgina Ferrars is at home with him in London: \"Your patient must be an imposter.\" Suddenly her voluntary confinement becomes involuntary. Who is the woman in her uncle's house? Georgina's perilous quest to free herself takes us from a cliffside cottage on the Isle of Wight to the secret passages of Tregannon House and into a web of hidden family ties on which her survival depends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Redolent with a sense of foreboding . . . This gothic tale will sweep you up into the very heart of Victorian England. A splendid read!\"--Historical Novel Society, Editors' Choice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A richly textured . . . [and] masterfully constructed narrative . . . Readers are guaranteed a thoroughly diverting time in Harwood's not-to-be-trusted hands.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The crisp prose and twisty plot will encourage many to read this in one sitting.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Harwood, master of creeping Victorian horror, does it again . . . Twisted in every sense of the word and wonderfully atmospheric. \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConfused and disoriented, Georgina Ferrars awakens in a small room in Tregannon House, a remote asylum in England. She has no memory of the past few weeks. The doctor, Maynard Straker, tells her that she admitted herself under the name Lucy Ashton, then suffered a seizure. When she insists he has mistaken her for someone else, Dr. Straker sends a telegram to her uncle, who replies that Georgina Ferrars is at home with him in London: Your patient must be an imposter. Suddenly her voluntary confinement becomes involuntary. Who is the woman in her uncle s house? Georgina s perilous quest to free herself takes us from a cliffside cottage on the Isle of Wight to the secret passages of Tregannon House and into a web of hidden family ties on which her survival depends. \u003cbr\u003e Redolent with a sense of foreboding . . . This gothic tale will sweep you up into the very heart of Victorian England. A splendid read! Historical Novel Society, Editors Choice \u003cbr\u003e A richly textured . . . [and] masterfully constructed narrative . . . Readers are guaranteed a thoroughly diverting time in Harwood s not-to-be-trusted hands. \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) \u003cbr\u003e The crisp prose and twisty plot will encourage many to read this in one sitting. \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJOHN HARWOOD is the author of two previous novels of Victorian Gothic suspense. His acclaimed first novel, The Ghost Writer, won the International Horror Guild s First Novel Award. \u003cbr\u003eAuthor photograph (c) Peter Whyte\u003cbr\u003eMARINER\u003cbr\u003ewww.marinerbooks.com\u003cbr\u003e$14.95\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-0-544-22772-9\u003cbr\u003eFiction\u003cbr\u003e0514 \/ 1563704\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369779658975,"sku":"9780544227729","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cBohrp8gAf9780544227729.webp?v=1789146599"},{"product_id":"the-seance-paperback-1","title":"The Seance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting tale of apparitions, a cursed manor house, and two generations of women determined to discover the truth, by the author of The Ghost Writer Sell the Hall unseen; burn it to the ground and plow the earth with salt, if you will; but never live there . . .\" Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for Constance's sister, the child she lost.Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a séance: perhaps she will find comfort from beyond the grave. But the meeting has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life.\u003cbr\u003eSo begins The Séance, John Harwood's brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains--and murder. For Constance's bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared atWraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation.Now the Hall belongs to Constance. And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of theWraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the International Horror Guild Award-winning author of\u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Writer\u003c\/i\u003e comes another mesmerizing gothic tale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Harwood has written a true gothic, and invented a supremely creepy house to stage it in.\"\u003cbr\u003e Salon.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside, has a sinister reputation. Once, a family disappeared there. And now Constance Langton has inherited this dark place as well as the mysteries surrounding it.\u003cbr\u003e Constance grew up in a house marked by the death of her sister; she is no stranger to mystery, secrets, and dark magic. In a desperate attempt to coax her mother back from perpetual mourning, Constance once took her to a seance, seeking comfort from beyond the grave. But tragic consequences left her alone in the world alone with Wraxford Hall. Saddled with this questionable bequest, she must find the truth at the heart of the disappearances, apparitions, betrayal, blackmail, and villainy that mark its legacy, even at the cost of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Wilkie Collins would be proud: this is a Victorian world of mesmerism and spirits, vapours and delirium, doomed inheritances, shivery maids and spooky visitations in the night.\"\u003cbr\u003e Times (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Perfect fare for a standard dark and stormy night.\"\u003cbr\u003e Kirkus Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John Harwood's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Writer\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2004 International Horror Guild award for Best First Novel and the Dracula Society of Great Britain's Children of the Night Award for \"outstanding writing in the gothic genre.\" Harwood lives in Victor Harbor, on the coast of South Australia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369808756959,"sku":"9780547247823","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/zvyZr26t5s9780547247823.webp?v=1789146663"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/john-harwood.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}