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The Cottage in the Ruins
- Author
- Anne Wyn Clark
- Narrator
- Iona Campbell
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 11 September 2025
- Run Time
- 11 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A gothic psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist is perfect for fans of C. J. Tudor and Riley Sagar
A fresh start? Or the beginning of the end?After she finds her husband drowned in a swimming pool, Georgia moves to a cottage nestled behind the ruins of Coventry Cathedral so she can be close to her daughter.
This should be a new beginning. New job, new friends, a brighter future.
But strange things start to happen. Feeling watched and under threat, Georgia begins to realise that she can’t run from the past.
And somebody knows what she did…
This gothic psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Cass Green and C. J. Tudor
Critics Review
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Authors and readers LOVE Anne Wyn Clark!
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‘Creepy, claustrophobic and compelling! A beautifully written thriller that kept me glued to my Kindle’ Miranda Rijks, author of The Visitors
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‘Haunting psychological suspense… Will send shivers down your spine’ Alice Hunter, author of The Serial Killer’s Wife
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“Whisper Cottage was a dark and atmospheric thriller that pulled me in from the very first page.” Stephanie DeCarolis, author of The Guilty Husband
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'Chilling and wonderfully atmospheric, with an ending that took me surprise – I couldn’t put it down' Amanda Brittany, author of Her Last Lie
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Tense and atmospheric!’ reader review
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Details
- Author
- Anne Wyn Clark
- Narrator
- Iona Campbell
- Duration
- 11 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9780008763459
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Contemporary horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Occult fiction / Paranormal Horror, Narrative theme: sense of place, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Synopsis
A gothic psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist is perfect for fans of C. J. Tudor and Riley Sagar A fresh start? Or the beginning of the end? After she finds her husband drowned in a swimming pool, Georgia moves to a cottage nestled behind the ruins of Coventry Cathedral so she can be close to her daughter. This should be a new beginning. New job, new friends, a brighter future. But strange things start to happen. Feeling watched and under threat, Georgia begins to realise that she can’t run from the past. And somebody knows what she did… This gothic psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Cass Green and C. J. Tudor
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