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The house of whispers / Laura Purcell.
After consumption took his wife and all but one child, Louise, Dr. Pinecroft experiments with prisoners suffering the disease at his home. Forty years later, Hester arrives at Morvoren House to care for the partially paralyzed and mute Louise. Hester is surrounded by superstitious staff enacting bizarre rituals; she soon discovers her new home may be just as dangerous as her last.
Record details
- ISBN: 0143135538
- ISBN: 9780143135531
- Physical Description: 318 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: [New York] : Penguin Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Novel"--Cover. "First published in Great Britain as Bone China by Raven Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Fairies > Fiction. Human experimentation in medicine > Fiction. Superstition > Fiction. Tuberculosis > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Gothic fiction. Historical fiction. Horror fiction. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camden County Library.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | FIC PURCELL (Text) | 31320003849531 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
