The Somnambulist

by Essie Fox

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Every heart holds a secret... The stunning Victorian Gothic debut from an incredibly talented new author

'Some secrets are better left buried...'

When seventeen-year-old Phoebe Turner visits Wilton's Music Hall to watch her Aunt Cissy performing on stage, she risks the wrath of her mother Maud who marches with the Hallelujah Army, campaigning for all London theatres to close. While there, Phoebe is drawn to a stranger, the enigmatic Nathaniel Samuels, who heralds dramatic changes in the lives of all three women.

When offered the position of companion to Nathaniel's reclusive wife, Phoebe leaves her life in London's East End for Dinwood Court in Herefordshire - a house that may well be haunted and which holds the darkest of truths...

  • ISBN10 1409121194
  • ISBN13 9781409121190
  • Publish Date 5 January 2012 (first published 26 May 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Orion Publishing Co
  • Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 400
  • Language English