The Orphan Choir - Rilegato

Hannah, Sophie

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ISBN 10: 1250041023 ISBN 13: 9781250041029

Casa editrice: Picador USA, 2014

Riassunto

A MOTHER WITH AN EMPTY NEST IS BEING HAUNTED BY A GHOSTLY CHILDREN'S CHOIR. ARE THEY GIVING HER AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT ONLY SHE CAN HEAR, OR ARE THEIR MOTIVES MORE SINISTER?

Louise Beeston is being haunted.

Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can't see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school, where he performs in a prestigious boys' choir. Her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music at all hours of the night—and to make matters worse, she's the only one who can hear it.

Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband, Stuart, to buy them a country house in an idyllic, sun-dappled gated community called Swallowfield. But it seems that the haunting melodies of the choir have followed her there. Could it be that her city neighbor has trailed her to Swallowfield, just to play an elaborate, malicious prank? Is there really a ghostly chorus playing outside her door? And why won't they stop? Growing desperate, she begins to worry about her mental health.

Against the pleas and growing disquiet of her husband, Louise starts to suspect that this sinister choir is not only real but a warning. But of what? And how can it be, when no one else can hear it?

In The Orphan Choir, Sophie Hannah brings us along on a darkly suspenseful investigation of obsession, loss, and the malevolent forces that threaten to break apart a loving family.

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L'autore:

Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling author of psychological thrillers, poetry, and short fiction including The Orphan Choir and The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery. Her work has been published in twenty-four countries, and her novel Kind of Cruel was shortlisted for the National Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year. Her poetry has been shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, and is taught in schools throughout the United Kingdom. She has recently been commissioned by the Agatha Christie Estate to write a new novel featuring Hercule Poirot—the first and only since Christie's death. Hannah lives with her husband and children in Cambridge, England.

Product Description:

A terrifying new psychological thriller in the Hammer programme, from Sophie Hannah, the "Sunday Times" bestselling author of "Kind of Cruel." LOUISE IS BEREFT Her seven year old son has been sent away to boarding school against her wishes, and she misses him desperately. And wherever she goes she feels she is being followed; haunted, even, by music that only she can hear, sung by a choir of children that only she can see.

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• Editore: Picador USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1250041023
• ISBN 13: 9781250041029
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 273