Ward, Catriona – The Bell Bookshop

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Emma — Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

** AN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF YEAR **’Ward’s most complex and brilliant book yet’ – GUARDIAN’A darkly moving and heartfelt exploration of obsession’ – DAILY EXPRESSWriters are monsters. We eat everything we see…In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood companions and the shadowy figure of the Daggerman, who stalked their New England town. And it is the story of Sky, Wilder’s one-time friend, who stole his unfinished memoir to turn it into a lurid bestselling novel, then died without ever explaining why.This book is Wilder’s last chance for revenge. But as he writes, he begins to find notes written in Sky’s signature green ink, and events in his manuscript start to chime eerily with the present. Is Sky haunting him? And who is the dark-haired woman drowning in the cove, whom no one else can see? With his grip on reality slipping, Wilder begins to fear that this will not only be his last book, but the last thing he ever does…’So beautiful, so dark and so vivid’ – JENNIFER SAINT’A beautifully sinister tale of perception and identity’ – JOANNE HARRIS’Enthralling and heartbreaking’ – M.R. CAREY

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Emma — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

‘Genuinely unsettling’ – THE TIMES’A darkly moving and heartfelt exploration of obsession’ – DAILY EXPRESS’Enthralling and heartbreaking’ – M.R. CAREYWriters are monsters. We eat everything we see…In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood companions and the shadowy figure of the Daggerman, who stalked the New England town where they spent their summers. Of a horror that has followed Wilder through the decades. And of Sky, Wilder’s one-time friend, who stole his unfinished memoir and turned it into a lurid bestselling novel, The Sound and the Dagger. This book will be Wilder’s revenge on Sky, who betrayed his trust and died without ever telling him why. But as he writes, Wilder begins to find notes written in Sky’s signature green ink, and events in his manuscript start to chime eerily with the present. Is Sky haunting him? And who is the dark-haired woman drowning in the cove, whom no one else can see? No longer able to trust his own eyes, Wilder feels his grip on reality slipping. And he begins to fear that this will not only be his last book, but the last thing he ever does.Discover the new dark thriller from the bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street’So beautiful, so dark and so vivid’ – JENNIFER SAINT’A beautifully sinister tale of perception and identity’ – JOANNE HARRIS

Sundial

Emma — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

‘DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK’ – STEPHEN KING’Creepy, individual and gripping’ – IAN RANKIN’A thrilling hall of mirrors filled with twists’ – ALEX MICHAELIDES’Brilliant and moving’ – SARAH PINBOROUGHRob is afraid of her daughter.Callie collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends, and Rob is afraid of what she might to do Annie, her younger sister. She sees a darkness in Callie that reminds her of the family she left behind, and a life she has tried to forget. Seeing no other way to keep Annie safe, she decides to take Callie back to Sundial, her childhood home deep in the Mojave Desert. And there she will have to make a terrible choice.Callie is afraid of her mother.Rob has begun to look at her strangely. To tell her secrets about her past that both disturb and excite her.And they are both afraid that only one of them will make it back from Sundial alive…A gripping gothic masterpiece from the bestselling and award-winning author of THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL is a must-read for fans of GIRL A and SHARP OBJECTS.

Sundial

Emma — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

‘DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK’ – STEPHEN KING’A thrilling hall of mirrors filled with twists’ – ALEX MICHAELIDES’Brilliant and moving’ – SARAH PINBOROUGHYou can’t escape the desert. You can’t escape Sundial. Rob fears for her daughters. For Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. For Annie, because of what Callie might do to her. Rob sees a darkness in Callie that reminds her of the family she left behind. She decides to take Callie back to Sundial, her childhood home deep in the Mojave Desert. And there she will have to make a terrible choice. Callie is afraid of her mother. Rob has begun to look at her strangely. To tell her secrets about her past that both disturb and excite her. And Callie is beginning to wonder if only one of them will leave Sundial alive…A gripping gothic masterpiece from the bestselling and award-winning author of THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL is a must-read for fans of GIRL A and SHARP OBJECTS.’A desert-dust nightmare with a scorpion’s sting. I loved it’ – EMMA STONEX, author of THE LAMPLIGHTERS’Impossible-to-put-down. Sundial is a heart-in-the-throat smash’ – JOE HILL, author of THE FIREMAN’Ambitious, brutal and breathtakingly original’ – TAMMY COHEN, author of WHEN SHE WAS BAD’A wild, twisted family gothic unlike any you’ve read before’ – PAUL TREMBLAY, author of A HEADFUL OF GHOSTS’Dark and unsettling, creepy and enthralling’ – LISA HALL, author of THE PARTY’Evocative, lyrical and beautiful. I loved it’ – ARAMINTA HALL, author of PERFECT STRANGERS

The Last House on Needless Street

Emma — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

*** THE THRILLING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK ****** THE BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK ***’I haven’t read anything this exciting since Gone Girl’ – STEPHEN KING ‘One of the most extraordinary thrillers of the year’ – DAILY MAIL ‘A dark, audacious highwire act of a novel’ – GUARDIAN________________________________________This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his young daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. All these things are true. And yet some of them are lies. An unspeakable secret binds the family together, and when a new neighbour moves in next door, the truth may destroy them all. Because there’s something buried in the dark forest at the end of Needless Street. But it’s not what you think…From the multiple award-winning author of Little Eve and Rawblood, this extraordinary tale will thrill and move readers. A work of incredible imagination and heartbreaking beauty.*** FILM RIGHTS OPTIONED BY IMAGINARIUM PRODUCTIONS ****** RIGHTS SOLD IN TWENTY TERRITORIES ***________________________________________’Catriona Ward is the new face of literary dark fiction’ – SARAH PINBOROUGH’Books like this don’t come around too often’ – JOANNE HARRIS’Believe the hype… a masterclass’ – KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE’A chilling and beautiful masterpiece of suspense. I was completely enthralled’ – JOE HILL’A masterpiece. Beautiful, heartbreaking and quietly uplifting’ – ALEX NORTH

The Last House On Needless Street

Emma — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

*** THE TIMES NO.4 BESTSELLER ****** A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK ***#1 KINDLE BESTSELLERTHE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTHOBSERVER THRILLER OF THE MONTHGUARDIAN 2021 IN BOOKS PICKWATERSTONES MARCH 2021 PICKRED MAGAZINE MARCH 2021 PICKREFINERY 29 MARCH 2021 PICK’The buzz is real.. I haven’t read anything this exciting since Gone Girl’ – STEPHEN KING ‘This spectacular gothic fantasy is one of the most extraordinary thrillers of the year’ – DAILY MAIL ‘This is the most gloriously complex, shifting story, deeply disturbing yet also, somehow, heartwarming’ – OBSERVER’A dark, audacious highwire act of a novel’ – GUARDIAN________________________________________This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. All these things are true. And yet some of them are lies.You think you know what’s inside the last house on Needless Street. You think you’ve read this story before. But you’re wrong. In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, something lies buried. But it’s not what you think…From the multiple award-winning author of Little Eve and Rawblood, this extraordinary tale will thrill and move readers. A work of incredible imagination and heartbreaking beauty.*** FILM RIGHTS OPTIONED BY IMAGINARIUM PRODUCTIONS ****** RIGHTS SOLD IN TWENTY TERRITORIES ***________________________________________’Catriona Ward is the new face of literary dark fiction’ – SARAH PINBOROUGH’Books like this don’t come around too often’ – JOANNE HARRIS’Believe the hype… a masterclass’ – KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE’A chilling and beautiful masterpiece of suspense. I was completely enthralled’ – JOE HILL’A masterpiece. Beautiful, heartbreaking and quietly uplifting’ – ALEX NORTH’Full of twists and turns, this high-concept gothic horror is going to be huge’ – GUARDIAN