"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." 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. But tragic consequences left her alone in the world alone with Wraxford Hall. 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. And now Constance Langton has inherited this dark place as well as the mysteries surrounding it.Ĭonstance grew up in a house marked by the death of her sister she is no stranger to mystery, secrets, and dark magic. Wraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside, has a sinister reputation. "Harwood has written a true gothic, and invented a supremely creepy house to stage it in." Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life.įrom the Back Cover From the International Horror Guild Award-winning author of The Ghost Writer comes another mesmerizing gothic tale " 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.
And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of theWraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.Ī 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. Years before, a family disappeared atWraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation.Now the Hall belongs to Constance. For Constance's bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains-and murder. So begins The Séance, John Harwood's brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life. “Perfect fare for a standard dark and stormy night.About the Book A 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. “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.”- Times (UK) “Harwood has written a true gothic, and invented a supremely creepy house to stage it in.”- Salon And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of the Wraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life. Years before, a family disappeared at Wraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation. For Constance’s bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. So begins The Séance, John Harwood’s brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a séance: perhaps she will find comfort from beyond the grave. ” 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. “Sell the Hall unseen burn it to the ground and plow the earth with salt, if you will but never live there.
“An electrifying Victorian ghost story” from the International Horror Guild Award-winning author of The Asylum ( The Seattle Times).
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