With her previous three novels, The Silent Companions, The Corset and Bone China, Laura Purcell proved that she has a unique gift for spinning a sophisticated, spine-tingling gothic mystery. But by opening up a doorway to the other side, Agnes and Pearl find themselves further consumed by the death and heartache they’re both trying to rid themselves of. Agnes hopes that if Pearl can contact her deceased clients, they might be able to reveal who killed them and why. When the police and her kindly brother-in-law fail to take her anxious pleas seriously, Agnes’ search for answers takes her to Pearl, an albino child spirit medium who lives with her half-sister, Myrtle, and her ailing father. And three? You might begin to believe that a killer is targeting Agnes’ business, which is exactly what’s happening. Life is a constant struggle for Agnes, both financially and physically, and when one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for her, it’s not long before the police arrive on her doorstep.
The advent of the photograph has seen a dwindling interest in her art form but Agnes has an elderly mother and orphaned nephew to support. But Agnes and Pearl quickly discover that instead they may have opened the door to something that they can never put back.Set against the atmospheric historical backdrop of Victorian Bath, Laura Purcell’s The Shape of Darkness centres on silhouette artist Agnes Darken who, still recovering from a serious illness, is struggling to keep her business afloat.
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.ĭesperately seeking an answer, Agnes approaches Pearl, a child spirit medium lodging in Bath with her older half-sister and her ailing father, hoping that if Pearl can make contact with those who died, they might reveal who killed them. Silhouette Artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Wicked deeds require the cover of darkness.Ī struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead - and to try to identify their killers - in this beguiling new tale from Laura Purcell.
Bloomsbury presents The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell, read by Sophie Aldred.
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