The Orphan Choir

A Novel

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Pub Date Jan 28 2014 | Archive Date Jan 27 2014

Description

FROM MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE SOPHIE HANNAH COMES A SHOCKING NEW WORK OF DOMESTIC HORROR THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO A NEW LEVEL OF HAIR-RAISING TERROR.

Louise Beeston is being haunted.

Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can’t see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school, where he performs in a prestigious boys’ choir. Her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music at all hours of the night—and to make matters worse, she’s the only one who can hear it.

Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband, Stuart, to buy them a country house in an idyllic, sun-dappled gated community called Swallowfield. But it seems that the haunting melodies of the choir have followed her there. Could it be that her city neighbor has trailed her to Swallowfield, just to play an elaborate, malicious prank? Is there really a ghostly chorus playing outside her door? And why won’t they stop? Growing desperate, she begins to worry about her mental health.

Against the pleas and growing disquiet of her husband, Louise starts to suspect that this sinister choir is not only real but a warning. But of what? And how can it be, when no one else can hear it?

In The Orphan Choir, Sophie Hannah brings us along on a darkly suspenseful investigation of obsession, loss, and the malevolent forces that threaten to break apart a loving family.

FROM MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE SOPHIE HANNAH COMES A SHOCKING NEW WORK OF DOMESTIC HORROR THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO A NEW LEVEL OF HAIR-RAISING TERROR.

Louise Beeston is being haunted.

Louise has...


Advance Praise

“Expertly paced and brilliantly conceived.”—New York Journal of Books

“This stand-alone novel, a break from Hannah’s series of psychological police procedurals featuring Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse, is a riveting story in which suspense snowballs to a climax that is all the more dire for its everyday contemporary English setting. Absolutely haunting, in every sense of the word.”—Booklist

“Chilling. A must read.”—Daily Express (London)

“Horrifically good.”—The Independent (London)

“This bestselling thriller writer knows how to pile on the tension, and her ending is chillingly, memorably disturbing.”—The Sunday Times (London)

“An old-fashioned horror story, given a modern spin by the likeable narrator. It has a creepy cinematic feel and races along to its frightening ending.”—Sunday Mirror (London)

“A creepy, tension-filled surprise.”—Independent on Sunday

Praise for Sophie Hannah

“Sophie Hannah is a prodigous talent. I can’t wait to see what she does next.”—Laura Lippman, author of What the Dead Know

“Hannah [writes] persuasively and with style and wit about modern women who buckle under the stress of motherhood.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Gripping...It’s like watching a nightmare come alive.”—Tana French on The Truth Teller’s Lie

“Expertly paced and brilliantly conceived.”—New York Journal of Books

“This stand-alone novel, a break from Hannah’s series of psychological police procedurals featuring Charlie Zailer and Simon...


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