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Laura Purcell

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Historical Fiction, Paranormal, Horror

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Laura Purcell is a former bookseller and lives in Colchester with her husband and pet guinea pigs.

Her first novel for Raven Books THE SILENT COMPANIONS won the WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award 2018 and featured in both the Zoe Ball and Radio 2 Book Clubs. Other Gothic novels include THE CORSET (THE POISON THREAD in USA), BONE CHINA and THE SHAPE OF DARKNESS (2020)

Laura’s historical fiction about the Hanoverian monarchs, QUEEN OF BEDLAM and MISTRESS OF THE COURT, was published by Myrmidon.

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	The Silent Companions 3.88 avg rating — 34,986 ratings — published 2017 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Bridget Collins (Goodreads Author), Natasha Pulley, Imogen Hermes Gowar 3.58 avg rating — 7,198 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone China 3.65 avg rating — 6,844 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shape of Darkness 3.83 avg rating — 5,155 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whispering Muse 3.97 avg rating — 3,390 ratings — published 2023 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen of Bedlam (Georgian Queens Book 1) 3.69 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonstone 3.38 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistress of the Court (Georgian Queens, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I am delighted to reveal the hardback cover for my next book, The Shape of Darkness, released in the UK on 28th January 2021. Another stunning design by David Mann. You can find further details of the book here.

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“Death, once conceived, was rapacious. It took all with it.”
― Laura Purcell, The Silent Companions

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“Imprisonment was never the real punishment: it was the people you were stuck with.”
― Laura Purcell, The Silent Companions

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“She had an urge to confess everything: tell him about the splinters on Rupert’s neck; the nursery; the garret; the handprint; the eyes. But to speak of such things made them a farce. You could not explain fear; you could only feel it, roaring through the silence and striking your heart still.”
― Laura Purcell, The Silent Companions

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4th Quarter 2020 - Horror #1

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson, 368p

5 votes, 35.7%

The Corset by Laura Purcell, 392p

3 votes, 21.4%

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison, 288p

2 votes, 14.3%

If It Bleeds by Stephen King, 447p

2 votes, 14.3%

Black Light by Elizabeth Hand, 380p

1 vote, 7.1%

The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVII by Karl Edward Wagner, 351p

1 vote, 7.1%

The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements, 384p

0 votes, 0.0%

Christine by Stephen King, 411p

0 votes, 0.0%

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