Cesca Major

The Last Night (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'A deftly-handled, slow-burning thriller... the author's evocation of time and place is impeccable. Fans of Kate Mosse and Kate Atkinson will find a lot to like here.' Joanne Harris

In a peaceful coastal village, Irina spends her days quietly restoring furniture, hiding from a long-held family secret. When an antique bureau is sent anonymously to her workshop, Irina senses an uneasy history to the object. As she investigates its origins, the mysteries it holds are slowly revealed...

Decades earlier, another young woman also kept secrets. Over the course of one halcyon summer, Abigail fell in love and dreamed of the future. But she could not know that catastrophe loomed, and this event would change the course of many lives for ever...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782395720
• Artikelnr.: 46885491

Autorenporträt

Cesca read History at Bristol University. She went on to work in television as a researcher and presenter for four years before becoming a History teacher. Her first real writing success came in 2005 when she was Runner Up in the Daily Mail Writing Competition for the best opening paragraph to a novel. She has won, or been placed, in some short story competitions since then including the annual competitions for: Women and Home, Wells Festival of Literature, Grace Dieu and has also had a short story published in the Sentinel Literary Magazine. She reads widely and has written regular reviews and features for the popular women's fiction website www.novelicious.com. She currently works as a Housemistress at a Secondary boarding School in Berkshire. She lives in Bradfield with her husband and their brood of ex-battery chickens.
The Silent Hours is her first novel.