The Last Days of Leda Grey

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'Leda Grey's world is utterly beguiling' THE TIMES Book of the Month

When journalist Ed Peters unearths a dusty old photograph of the alluring and reclusive silent-film actress Leda Grey he is instantly enchanted.

He discovers Leda is still living, alone in a decaying cliff-top house by the sea. And there, after a fifty-year silence, she's finally ready to share her incredible story.

It is the tale She tells of a volatile love affair, of obsession and jealousy, and the darkly glamorous world of early cinema.

It is a story of She tells of a world filled with secrets and lies, and of a past far more haunting than any of the silent films that Leda Grey once starred in.

A bewitching novel about an enigmatic silent film actress, and the volatile love affair that left her a recluse for over half a century - for fans of Sarah Waters and Tracy Chevalier.

'A richly evocative story, brimming with intrigue and suspense' M.L. Stedman, author of THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS

Reviews

A richly evocative story, brimming with intrigue and suspense - M. L. Stedman, author of THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS

Leda Grey's world is utterly beguiling - THE TIMES

A deliciously eerie affair... A story of obsession, jealousy, mysterious deaths and theatrically supernatural goings-on as very strange truths are tantalisingly revealed - SUNDAY EXPRESS

Shades of Sunset Boulevard in this atmospheric chiller - WOMAN&HOME

Dark, haunting, compelling... equal to DuMaurier's novels - this book held me in its grip. Loved it. - Liz Fenwick, author of The Cornish House

A wonderfully creepy tale. Leda is a triumph - Vanessa Lafaye, author of Summertime

Author Bio

Essie Fox divides her time between Windsor and Bow in the East End of London. Her debut novel, THE SOMNAMBULIST, was selected for the Channel 4 Book Club and was shortlisted in the New Writer of the Year category of the 2012 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS. She is the author of The Virtual Victorian: www.virtualvictorian.blogspot.com