House of the Lost - Sarah Rayne Reviews
Newest Review: ... Theo will have to discover the truth behind his book or maybe he will be worse than haunted. A book within a book. The ... more
... idea of writing a haunted book is quite a different experience and surprisingly it works really well. Initially I did find it confusing, as I couldn't understand how a writer could become so immersed in his work that he doesn't know what he's writing about, but a lot of novelists say that books often take on a life of their own. I did start to put things together after a while, but each time I thought I was working something out the book and real life converged and threw me completely. This made for an interesting and c...more
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Novelist Theo Kendall is a haunted man, first by memories of his cousin, Chamery Kendal who was murdered recently and now he's come to live in Fenn House, where the murder took place, he's haunted by characters that he's writing into his latest book-but he doesn't know the characters or where they came from? Fenn House is situated in a bleak area of Lincoln, with only a convent nearby for neighbors. In the four months since his beautiful cousin was forcibly drowned in the murky waters of the boathouse, the house has become a sinister and forbidding place. However, since it was left to Theo he thinks it's an ideal place to get on with his new book, so with the ... Read the complete review
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