
'ATMOSPHERIC AND COMPELLING' CATHERINE COOPER
'ENGROSSING, EVOCATIVE AND CHILLING' C. J. TUDOR
'DELICIOUSLY UNSETTLING' OBSERVER
'SPLENDIDLY CREEPY' DAILY MAIL
Maggie Mackay has been haunted her entire life. No matter what she does, she can't shake the sense that something is wrong with her. And maybe something is...
When she was five years old, without proof, Maggie announced that someone in the remote village of Blairmore in the Outer Hebrides had murdered a local man, sparking a media storm.
Now, Maggie is determined to discover what really happened and what the villagers are hiding. But everyone has secrets, and some are deadly. As she gets closer to the horrifying truth, Maggie's own life is in danger...
From the critically-acclaimed author of Mirrorland comes a darkly disturbing new thriller that will chill you to the bone.
PRAISE FOR CAROLE JOHNSTONE'S DEBUT NOVEL, MIRRORLAND:
'DARK AND DEVIOUS' Stephen King
'UTTERLY ENGROSSING' Daily Mail
'TWISTY AND RICHLY ATMOSPHERIC' Ruth Ware
'TIGHTLY PLOTTED AND UTTERLY GRIPPING' Sarah Pinborough
'A HAUNTING THRILLER' Woman's Weekly
'TOTALLY ABSORBING' T.M. Logan
'AN UNSETTLING, LABYRINTHINE TALE' New York Times
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008361433
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 680 g
Dimensions: 227 x 159 x 40 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'ATMOSPHERIC AND COMPELLING' Catherine Cooper, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chaletand The Chateau
'ENGROSSING, EVOCATIVE AND CHILLING' C. J. Tudor
'SPLENDIDLY CREEPY' Daily Mail
'DELICIOUSLY UNSETTLING' Observer
'A CREEPY, SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER' Woman's Own
PRAISE FOR CAROLE JOHNSTONE'S DEBUT NOVEL, MIRRORLAND:
'DARK AND DEVIOUS' Stephen King
'UTTERLY ENGROSSING' Daily Mail
'TWISTY AND RICHLY ATMOSPHERIC' Ruth Ware
'TIGHTLY PLOTTED AND UTTERLY GRIPPING' Sarah Pinborough
'A HAUNTING THRILLER' Woman's Weekly
'TOTALLY ABSORBING' T.M. Logan
'AN UNSETTLING, LABYRINTHINE TALE' New York Times
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