The Silent Companions: As seen on ITV in the Zoe Ball Book Club

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When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But pregnant and widowed just weeks after their wedding with her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile Elsie has only her late husbands awkward cousin for company--or so she thinks. Inside her new home lies a locked door beyond which is a painted wooden figurea silent companionthat bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself. The residents of the estate are terrified of the figure but Elsie tries to shrug this off as simple superstitionthat is until she notices the figures eyes following her. A Victorian ghost story that evokes a most unsettling kind of fear The Silent Companions is a tale that creeps its way through the consciousness in ways you least expectmuch like the companions themselves. Winner of the W H Smith Thumping Good Read Award As featured on the Radio 2 Book Club and the Zoe Ball ITV Book Club An extraordinary memorable and truly haunting book Jojo Moyes It shone for originality for the sheer quality of the writing the characters and some masterly chills Peter James