The Unseen
By (Author) Katherine Webb
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
10th January 2012
24th November 2011
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
464
Width 133mm, Height 196mm, Spine 31mm
338g
England, 1911. When a free-spirited young woman arrives in a sleepy Berkshire village to work as a maid in the household of The Reverend and Mrs Canning, she sets in motion a chain of events which changes all their lives. For Cat has a past - a past her new mistress is willing to overlook, but will never understand
This is not all Hester Canning has to cope with. When her husband invites a young man into their home, he brings with him a dangerous obsession...During the long, oppressive summer, the rectory becomes charged with ambition, love and jealousy - with the most devastating consequences.Really, truly outstanding - CHICKLITREVIEWS BLOG
An atmospheric page-turner - WOMAN & HOME - Fanny BlakeThis is an engrossing and totally convincing piece of storytelling, a perfect curl-up-by-the-fire read. - YOU MAGAZINE - John Koski'A mixture of the occult, mysterious beings in the water meadows, love, ambition, jealousy - and murder - make this an exciting, engrossing book. - OXFORD TIMESKatherine Webb was born in 1977 and grew up in rural Hampshire before reading History at Durham University. She has since spent time living in London and Venice and now lives near Bath.