![]() ![]() He’s using the beach at Moroven as an experiment and has moved a number of prisoners, all at different stages of the disease, to a cave there, where he believes the sea air will help to revive them.īoth stories have an edge to them that involves myth and folklore. The rest of their family have died, taken by consumption, and Dr Pinecroft is determined to find a cure for this deadly disease that steals so many lives. The second timeline takes us back to the past when Dr Pinecroft and his daughter Louisa take up residence at Moroven House. All will be eventually revealed as to why exactly Hester has felt the need to runaway from her past. ![]() We discover immediately that Hester is hiding something and in fact has taken on a different identity hoping to start afresh. ![]() Hester has taken a new position and travels by coachlight during a bout of particularly fierce weather. Told in alternating timelines we first make the introduction of Hester Why as she makes her way by carriage to Moroven House. Definitely an auto buy author for me and I look forward to seeing what she does next.īone China brings to us a story of two women. I might not have quite loved the story here as much as the previous two books but the writing is amazing and Purcell’s ability to conjure a novel full of gothic atmosphere is second to none. ![]() Bone China is the third book I’ve read by Laura Purcell and firmly cements her in my mind as an amazing storyteller. ![]()
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