But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the same disease in the cliffs beneath his new Cornish home.

Still recovering from a serious illness herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but then one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for Agnes, and then another, and another.Ĭonsumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. Phone Current Address Public Records Criminal Records. Silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Bone China adds the interesting subplot about tuberculosis, based (so Purcell tells us in her afterword) on a real-life experiment carried out in 1839 in Kentucky, and taps into tensions about folk beliefs that I’ve previously encountered in books like The Hidden People and The Good People. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees.Ī struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead - and to try and identify their killers - in this beguiling new tale from Laura Purcell. Bone China A dark and atmospheric Daphne du Maurier-esque thriller to curl up with this autumn Laura Purcell (Author) Paperback £8.99 £8.09 Ebook (Epub & Mobi) £7.19 Paperback £8.99 Ebook (Epub & Mobi) £7.19 Quantity - + In stock £7. Bone China Laura Purcell 870 Hardcover 22 offers from 12.28 The Shape of Darkness: Darkly addictive, utterly compelling Ruth Hogan Laura Purcell 623 Hardcover 16 offers from 12. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse.

Bone China by Laura Purcell