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The Puzzle Wood
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
'Delicious ... dark ... sinister' Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of number one bestseller, Pandora
'Thrilling' Emilia Hart, author of Sunday Times bestseller Weyward
'Stunning' Lianne Dillsworth, author of Theatre of Marvels
'Marvellous' Naomi Kelsey, author of The Burnings
Deep in the woods, something is stirring…
When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a position as governess at remote Locksley Abbey in the foothills of the Black Mountains, where England bleeds into Wales, she is apprehensive.
It is not the echoing, near-empty house with its skeleton staff that frightens her, nor the ancient woods that surround the Abbey or even the dogs that the owner, Sir Rowland, encourages to stalk the grounds, baying for blood. It is Catherine herself who fears scrutiny: her reference and very identity are fraudulent. She is travelling in disguise to investigate the fate of the last governess at the house, who took her own life out in the woods. For that governess was Catherine’s own sister, but until now she had believed Emily had died many years before, when they were just children…
In Rosie Andrews's extraordinary follow-up to the bestselling The Leviathan – one of the biggest debuts of 2022 – an isolated forest becomes the unsettling, beguiling backdrop to a tale of myths, memory and murder…
Critic reviews
An immediately engaging tale of dark secrets, myths and the supernatural, The Puzzle Wood pulls readers into its labyrinth and refuses to let you go (Alison Stockham, author of Sunday Times bestseller The Cuckoo)
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- Isolde
- 01-06-24
Weird in a good way
I was expecting a gothic whodunnit but it's more of a work of historical fiction based in Wales and focusing on the history of a local mine and the miners.
I think for me to give it 5 stars I would have liked more of a story based in Locksley Abbey around Catherine's relationships with the occupants in her role as a governess.
If you like deep intricate layers of plot you will enjoy this story but it's more of a factual than an emotional read.
Excellent narration. Couldn't have asked for more.
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