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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Dust jacket. Brand new and signed by the author (seller's son!!). A Sunday Times best seller. Two novels in one tete-beche (ie., a book split into two parts printed back-to-back and head-to-foot). The tales are intertwined and beguiling. Turnglass is set in 1881 in Turnglass House, the only property on the Essex island of Ray, to where a young idealistic doctor comes to tend his dying cousin who believes he is being poisoned by his sister-in-law who is locked away in the house. The second novel starts in California in 1939 but the 1881 experience is subtly present. About 500 pages combined. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £11.65 due to weight and size. Seller Inventory # 5441
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781398514492
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. 'Not just a book, but an experience - one in which twists and turns are both on the page and in the very act of reading itself. Two haunting narratives conspire to create a dark, menacing tale that spans half a century of secrets as they echo back and forth - all while the sand slowly drains away . . . This is a story about stories and their perspectives, the passage of time and the slow march of the inevitable. Vivid, resonant, melancholy and beautiful' Janice Hallett A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight' Chris Whitaker Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction.1880s England. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island Turnglass House believes he is being poisoned. And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Olivers brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Olivers library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Olivers tete-beche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.1930s California. Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesnt believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Olivers brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum. But to discover the truth, Ken must decipher clues hidden in Olivers final book, a tete-beche novel which is about a young doctor called Simeon Lee . . . 'An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations' Guardian If immersive fiction is for you, youll adore this tete-beche novel . . . Expect two very different stories that magically come together' Belfast Telegraph Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781398514492
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