The Silent Companions (Paperback)

'This is terrific. Perfect setting, great build-up, chilling. What more could you want ?' - Susan Hill

'Layering on the dark and creepy, this intriguingly plotted novel is the full-blown Gothic, maintaining throughout an unsettling claustrophobic atmosphere mixed with some unusual historical detail' - Daily Mail 

'A deliciously creepy ghost story' - Sunday Express 

'A creepy, unsettling tale that I had to finish reading in broad daylight' - Stylist

'A sinister slice of Victorian gothic... creepy and page-turning' - The Times

'A perfect read for a winter night ... Intriguing, nuanced and genuinely eerie' - Guardian 

'Really tense and unnerving, it still won't let me go' - Woman & Home

'A true page-turner...neatly crafted and compelling...with a spine-tingling revelation every few pages' - Times Literary Supplement

'Irresistibly creepy, this romps along, Purcell turning her screws with skill. It's what crumpets and dismal afternoons were made for' - Glamour

'A superbly atmospheric, tense novel full of creeping dread. I could only read it during daylight hours!' - Red

'This incredibly creepy ghost story plays out in the very best tradition against a backdrop of a crumbling house ... Superb' - Saga 

'Things begin to go bump in broad daylight as well as the night. Compulsively creepy' - Sunday Mirror 

'You may want to leave the light on once you put down this intensely spooky Gothic chiller ... Irresistibly creepy' - The People