Book description
'Something strange happened within that family, Harry. People died and
people disappeared, and although most of us suspected something odd had
occurred, no one ever got at the truth.'
Journalist Harry Fizglen is sceptical when his editor asks him to
investigate the background of Simone Anderson, a new Bloomsbury
artist. But once he's met the enigmatic Simone, Harry is intrigued.
Just what did happen to Simone's twin sister who disappeared without
trace several years before? And what is the Anderson sisters'
connection to another set of twin girls, Viola and Sorrel Quinton,
born in London on 1st January 1900?
All Harry's lines of enquiry seem to lead to the small Shropshire
village of Weston Fferna and the imposing ruin of Mortmain House,
standing grim and forbidding on the Welsh borders. As Harry delves
into the violent and terrible history of Mortmain, in an attempt to
uncover what happened to Simone and Sonia, and, a century before them,
to Viola and Sorrel Quinton, he finds himself drawn into a number of
interlocking mysteries, each one more puzzling - and sinister - than
the last.
The author of seven terrifying novels of psychological suspense,
Sarah Rayne lives in Staffordshire. Visit www. sarahrayne. co. uk
