Goldsmith, Amy – The Bell Bookshop

Predatory Natures

Emma — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

AN ATMOSPHERIC NATURE HORROR NOVEL FROM AMY GOLDSMITH, PERFECT FOR FANS OF HOUSE OF HOLLOW.

A teen girl’s dream job aboard a luxury train derails when she discovers that the strange cargo being transported – a mysterious and beautiful greenhouse – hides deadly thorns . . .

When Lara Williams gets a summer job aboard the luxury train the Banebury, she thinks she’s landed a five-star escape from her past. Even after she learns that her ex-friend Rhys, who she definitely did not have feelings for before their relationship imploded, is one of her co-workers, she’s determined to make things work.

But on the first day of their journey, the trip takes a strange turn. Two mysterious carriages filled with an array of beautiful and rare plants are attached to the Banebury in the middle of the night.

And with them comes a pair of siblings. Wealthy, mysterious, and charismatic, Gwen and Gwydion claim the plants they’re transporting are for research, but Lara can’t shake the feeling that there’s something . . . otherworldly about the strange blooms. Something that will stop at nothing to ensure the Banebury never reaches its destination.

Soon Lara will learn: You can’t outrun your troubles. You have to grab them by their roots. And if she can’t unearth the secrets of the Banebury, they might drag her down for good . . .

The gripping new novel from Amy Goldsmith, the author of Those We Drown.

Our wicked histories

Emma — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A teen girl’s attempt to make amends with her former friendship group takes a sinister turn during a weekend getaway at an ancestral Irish estate in this atmospheric, literary horror from the author of Those We Drown.

At the illustrious Greyscott’s Academy, reputation is everything…

For Meg the rules are simple: keep your head down, know your place, and stay invisible until graduation. That is, until the glamorous and intimidating Wren twins – Lottie and Sebastien – decide to take Meg under their gilded wings.

But not all that glitters is gold.

Following an incident at the Midsummer Ball, Meg finds herself suspended from school and shunned by Lottie, Sebastien and all their friends. Desperate to make amends, she accepts an unexpected invitation to an exclusive party at Wren Hall.

But when one of the party-goers disappears and a violent storm traps the group inside the house, she realizes there’s more to the Wren twins than meets the eye . . .

“No one does horror quite like Amy Goldsmith! Our Wicked Histories is an expertly crafted novel sure to haunt you long after the very last page” – SKYLA ARNDT, author of Together We Rot

“Our Wicked Histories lured me into its watery depths and left me gasping for air” – CYNTHIA MURPHY, author of Win Lose Kill Die

Those we drown

Emma — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

An ocean-drenched, atmospheric horror debut! Liv’s best friend disappears on their first night aboard their dream semester-at-sea program – but is he really sick, like everyone says, or is something darker lurking beneath the water?It should have been the trip of a lifetime.When Liv lands an all-expenses-paid opportunity to study aboard the luxury cruise ship the Eos for a semester, she can’t believe her luck. Especially since it will offer her the chance to spend time with Will, her ex-best friend, who’s barely spoken to her since the night their relationship changed forever. But as soon as she steps on board, Liv realizes just how out of her depth she is. With Will, with the rest of the Seamester students – including the brittle and beautiful Constantine, who may be hiding his own ties to the Eos – and most of all, with the Sirens, three glamorous and mysterious influencers who seem to have the run of the ship.Liv quickly discovers that the only reason she was invited to join the trip is because another girl disappeared shortly after enrolling-and no one seems to know what happened to her. When further disappearances rock the ship and strange creatures begin haunting Liv’s dreams, she wonders: Is the Eos hiding a dark secret within its shadowy decks?The truth will come at a price . . . only, how much is Liv willing to pay?