The séance

Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death. When, in a desperate attempt to save her mourning mother, she takes her to a seance, Constance looses everything, but is left with a bequest in two parts; a house and a mystery. Years before a family disappeared at Wraxford Hall, a decaying...

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Main Author: Harwood, John, 1946-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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Summary:Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death. When, in a desperate attempt to save her mourning mother, she takes her to a seance, Constance looses everything, but is left with a bequest in two parts; a house and a mystery. Years before a family disappeared at Wraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation. Now the Hall belongs to her, and she must descend into the darkness at the heart of the Wraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.
Item Description:Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2008.
Physical Description:328 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780151012039
0151012032
Author Notes:John Harwood is the author of two previous novels of Victorian Gothic suspense. Aside from fiction, his published work includes biography, poetry, political journalism and literary history. His acclaimed first novel, The Ghost Writer , won the International Horror Guild's First Novel Award. He lives in Hobart, Australia.