The Silence - by Sarah Rayne (Paperback)

About the Book

Soon after arriving at her late husband's childhood home, a home that's said to be haunted and built on the grounds where the notorious Isobel Action committed a vicious crime, Nell West starts hearing soft piano music even though the piano's locked and its key missing. As events begin to spiral out of control, Nell comes to realize that the music's tangled with Isobel's macabre fate.

Book Synopsis

A century-old crime menaces the present in this spine-tingling tale of supernatural suspense

Antiques dealer Nell West is valuing the contents of her late husband Brad's childhood home, Stilter House. Set on the remote Derbyshire Peaks, there was once a much older property there, in which the notorious Isobel Acton committed a vicious crime.

Warned against visiting the house by an elderly aunt of Brad's, Nell hears mysterious piano music soon after her arrival. It becomes clear that the music is tangled with Isobel Acton's macabre fate more than a hundred years earlier. A fate whose consequences still menace the present.

Review Quotes

Fans of this veteran author will be well pleased.-- "Booklist"

Rayne continues to mix eerie hauntings and witty protagonists in her enjoyable third neogothic mystery-- "Publishers Weekly"

Rayne's third Nell West ghost story perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises, all woven into a quiet, elegant narrative-- "Kirkus Reviews"

About the Author

Sarah Rayne is the author of novels of supernatural suspense, including the new series featuring Michael Flint and Nell West. She lives in Staffordshire.