The Asylum

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I am Miss Georgina Ferrars, of Gresham's Yard, London. I am. I swear that I am. And I shall prove it. A young woman wakes in a strange bed. A sickly light filters through a metal grille. Doctor Maynard Straker steps into the room, and speaks. 'Have no fear, Miss Ashton. I am entirely at your service.' This, however, is not her name. And she should not be here - in the Asylum. She is Miss Georgina Ferrars, and she can prove it. But when Dr Straker sends a telegram to her uncle in London, the reply is swift- GEORGINA FERRARS HERE STOP YOUR PATIENT MUST BE IMPOSTER STOP Madness Mistaken identity Or are there more malevolent forces at work

Reviews

A twisting tale of greed, deceit and betrayal * Daily Telegraph *
Readers are guaranteed a thoroughly diverting time in Harwoods not-to-be-trusted hands A dizzying dancewe love every minute of it -- Barry Forshaw * Independent *
Harwood has a talent amounting to genius for channeling the spirit of 19th-century sensation fiction -- Andrew Taylor * Spectator *
Deliciously spooky * New York Times Book Review *
Harwood, master of creeping Victorian horror, does it again in his latest tale of pervasive evil and madness * Booklist *

Author Bio

John Harwood was born in Hobart and educated in Tasmania and at Cambridge University. He is the author of the novels The Ghost Writer and The Seance, and a recipient of the International Horror Guild's First Novel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Horror and Dark Fantasy.