The Shape of Darkness
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Narrated by:
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Sophie Aldred
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Written by:
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Laura Purcell
About this listen
Bloomsbury presents The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell, read by Sophie Aldred.
Winner of the Historical Crime Book of the Year 2021 Award at the 2022 Fingerprint Crime Awards
‘Dripping with atmosphere with a corkscrew plot, Laura Purcell just gets better and better’ STACEY HALLS
‘It truly kept me guessing to the very last page’ SONIA VELTON
Wicked deeds require the cover of darkness...
A struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead – and to try and identify their killers – in this beguiling new tale from Laura Purcell.
Silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Still recovering from a serious illness herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but then one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for Agnes, and then another, and another...
Desperately seeking an answer, Agnes approaches Pearl, a child spirit medium lodging in Bath with her older half-sister and her ailing father, hoping that if Pearl can make contact with those who died, they might reveal who killed them. But Agnes and Pearl quickly discover that instead they may have opened the door to something that they can never put back...
What secrets lie hidden in the darkness?
Critic Reviews
"Dripping with atmosphere with a corkscrew plot, Laura Purcell just gets better and better." (Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars and The Foundling)
"It's her best one yet and that’s saying something. A story of a woman haunted in every way possible, I think it’s a future gothic classic." (Martyn Waites)
"Darkly addictive and utterly compelling. Reading Laura’s books is like watching a horror movie where you have to keep hiding behind a cushion because you dread what is coming next, but you simply have to find out!" (Ruth Hogan)
What listeners say about The Shape of Darkness
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
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- 11-02-21
astounding
Brilliant storytelling with a gripping narrative!
The story is set in 16th century Victorian Bath and our main protagonist, Agnes, a silhouette artist is struggling to keep her business afloat. Still recovering from a serious illness herself, while also struggling to make enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric she finds one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for her, and then another, and another... Why is the killer seemingly targeting her business?
What looks like a seemingly straightforward murder mystery with an eerie setting with spirit mediums and mesmerism, becomes quite the page turner with a stupendous climax. Had me in a state of good shock till the very end.
I would give a separate 5stars for the narration!!
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