The Undoing of Violet Claybourne
07 November 2024Imprint: Zaffre
Synopsis
A dark, captivating novel of family secrets, desperate ambition and the deepest betrayal . . .
TO BECOME ONE OF THEM, SHE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
1938. Gillian Larking is used to blending in and going unnoticed, until she is befriended by her new roommate at boarding school, the vibrant and spirited Violet Claybourne. As the Christmas holidays approach, Gilly can't...
TO BECOME ONE OF THEM, SHE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
1938. Gillian Larking is used to blending in and going unnoticed, until she is befriended by her new roommate at boarding school, the vibrant and spirited Violet Claybourne. As the Christmas holidays approach, Gilly can't...
Details
07 November 2024400 pages
9781804185100Imprint: Zaffre
Reviews
An evocative mystery . . . atmospheric and gripping. An ideal read for winter days.Good Housekeeping
A stern boarding school, a dilapidated country mansion and an old-fashioned asylum are the gloomily atmospheric settings for a gothic-tinged story that explores the troubled minds and volatile emotions of the Claybourne sisters and their erstwhile friend, the impressionable Gillian Larking in 1930s England . . . Taut, tense and melancholy, it's a brilliant claustrophobic study of gaslighting and manipulation, as a family's ambitions overwhelm their better impulses.Daily Mail
Atmospheric and chilling, this is one to curl up with.Heat Magazine, Book of the Week
A powerful and convincing portrayal of the bitter consequences of human frailty and ambition, this novel pulls the reader into its dark depths like quicksand. I couldn't put it down. Hester Musson
