{"product_id":"9781035057580","title":"Castle Barebane","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Aiken, Joan \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 July 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 30 | 322g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Joan Aiken writes superbly, with a force, a colour and strength of imagination that one encounters all too rarely today' – The TelegraphStrong and independent Valhalla Montgomery, a heroine straight out of a Henry James novel, abandons her New York career as a journalist to search for her half-brother in Joan Aiken’s gothic novel, Castle Barebane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWishing to escape from her pretentious New York fiancé, Valla is happy to have an excuse to travel to England, only to discover that her half-brother and his wife have disappeared from their London home – leaving their young two children all alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding Victorian London a gloomy and sinister place, haunted by a series of Ripper style murders, Valla takes the children up to Scotland to a bleak family property known as Castle Barebane. In this Gothic ruin, perched on the edge of a cliff, the mystery surrounding her missing brother only gets darker, and more terrifying . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCastle Barebane is an unforgettable tale of love, loss, and human nature is brought to life by Joan Aiken’s vivid story-telling and gripping plot. For fans of gothic mystery, and readers of Virginia Andrews or Nicola Cornick.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55462129271159,"sku":"9781035057580","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781035057580.jpg?v=1752833188","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781035057580","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}