![]() ![]() riveting and hard to put down" ( Portland Book Review). Set in three different time periods across the twentieth century, A Dark Dividing is "reminiscent of Henry James or Wilkie Collins. ![]() As Harry uncovers the grim history of Mortmain, he finds himself drawn into a set of interlocking mysteries, each one more curious and disturbing than the last. But once he's met the enigmatic Simone, Harry is intrigued. What exactly happened to Simone's twin sister Sonia, to whom she had once been conjoined-and who disappeared years before? And how might Simone and Sonia be connected to another pair of conjoined twins, Viola and Sorrel, born nearly a century ago?Įvery question Harry asks points him to the Shropshire village of West Fferna and a ruined mansion on the Welsh border called Mortmain House. Much of the inspiration for her dark psychological thrillers comes from the histories and atmospheres of old buildings, a fact that is strongly apparent in many of her settings - Mortmain House in A Dark Dividing, Twygrist Mill in Spider Light, and the eerie cliff-top ruins in The Bell Tower. Kindle 7.99 Rate this book A Dark Dividing Sarah Rayne 3.83 1,583 ratings186 reviews Journalist Harry Fizglen is sceptical when his editor asks him to investigate the background of Simone Anderson, a new Bloomsbury artist. ![]() Journalist Harry Fitzglen is intrigued by his latest subject, the London artist Simone Anderson, whose enigmatic photographs hint at a mysterious past. A conjoined twin's disappearance leads a London journalist to a mystery reaching back to the turn of the last century in this "hefty suspense thriller" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). ![]()
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