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The Undoing of Violet Claybourne

By: Emily Critchley
Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe
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 'An evocative mystery . . . atmospheric and gripping' Good Housekeeping
'A brilliant claustrophobic study of gaslighting and manipulation, as a family's ambitions overwhelm their better impulses' Daily Mail
'Atmospheric and chilling, this is one to curl up with' Heat Magazine, Book of the Week

TO BECOME ONE OF THEM, SHE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES...

1938. Gillian Larking is used to blending in and going unnoticed, until she is befriended by her new roommate at boarding school, the vibrant and spirited Violet Claybourne. As the Christmas holidays approach, Gilly can't believe her luck when Violet invites her to spend them at her home, the crumbling Thornleigh Hall.

At Thornleigh, Gilly is dazzled by the family's faded grandeur, and above all by Violet's beguiling older sisters who seem to accept her as one of their own. But following a terrible incident in the house's grounds, Gilly begins to realise the Claybourne sisters aren't quite what she thought they were. And if she's to survive in their world, she may have to become just like them . . .

*LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR*
*FROM THE AUTHOR OF INDIE BOOK OF THE MONTH ONE PUZZLING AFTERNOON*©2024 Emily Critchley (P)2024 Bonnier Books UK Gothic Historical Horror Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Winter Exciting Scary
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I downloaded this because it was free. I loved it. It was fabulous. It has shades of The Go Between, with the winter cold instead of the stifling heat. It has brilliant characters, it's well-paced and really gripping. I couldn't put it down and I've recommended it to my friends' book groups. Loved it.

A surprisingly excellent and absorbing read

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Excellent book, well written of which the narration brought it alive. A sad story but engaging telling a story of a young girl wanting to belong but at a cost. A couple of twists which surprised me but on the whole a thoroughly good listen.

Thoroughly enjoyable

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Oooh this is good! A superb story with so many surprises along the way. I loved it!

Utterly gripping

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A really good story until the end - It seems the author may have run out of inspiration on how to end her story and so copied a very similar ending from another well known book the Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell (2006) which I must say dissapointed me immensely.

Ending copied from another novel

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Loved this, so believable, tragic and sad, a dark twist on the country house story, a far more real and gripping treatment than TV gives it - a super read!

Sounds like a familiar tale, is anything but!

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