{"product_id":"9781526694058","title":"The Silent Companions","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Laura Purcell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Crime \u0026amp; mystery | Thriller \/ suspense | Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e October 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 564 pages \u003cbr\u003e232mm x 155mm x 43mm | 762g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAURA PURCELL'S SPINE-TINGLING HOUSE OF SPLINTERS IS OUT NOWAs featured on the Radio 2 Book ClubSome doors are locked for a reason...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband’s crumbling country estate, The Bridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband’s awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. For inside her new home lies a locked room, and beyond that door lies a two-hundred-year-old diary and a deeply unsettling painted wooden figure – a Silent Companion – that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book’ Jojo Moyes‘[It] shone, for originality for the sheer quality of the writing, the characters and some masterly chills’ Peter JamesREADERS LOVE THE SILENT COMPANIONS:'Phenomenal' 'Will stay with you long after you have finished reading''Spooky, imaginative, original' 'Couldn't put it down' 'Truly creepy' 'Deserves a place on every bookshelf'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56496068297079,"sku":"9781526694058","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781526694058.jpg?v=1767973430","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781526694058","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}