A Shadow on the Lens: The most Gothic, claustrophobic, wonderfully dark thriller to grip you this winter - Hardcover

Hurcom, Sam

 
9781409189855: A Shadow on the Lens: The most Gothic, claustrophobic, wonderfully dark thriller to grip you this winter
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1409189856 ISBN 13: 9781409189855
Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2019

Synopsis

The Postmaster looked over my shoulder. As I turned to look I saw a flicker of movement from across the street. I felt unseen eyes peer at me.
He walked away without another word. I watched as he climbed onto his bicycle and sped away down the street. I turned back and looked over my shoulder.
Someone had been watching us.

1904. Thomas Bexley, one of the first forensic photographers, is called to the sleepy and remote Welsh village of Dinas Powys, several miles down the coast from the thriving port of Cardiff. A young girl by the name of Betsan Tilny has been found murdered in the woodland - her body bound and horribly burnt. But the crime scene appears to have been staged, and worse still: the locals are reluctant to help.

As the strange case unfolds, Thomas senses a growing presence watching him, and try as he may, the villagers seem intent on keeping their secret. Then one night, in the grip of a fever, he develops the photographic plates from the crime scene in a makeshift darkroom in the cellar of his lodgings. There, he finds a face dimly visible in the photographs; a face hovering around the body of the dead girl - the face of Betsan Tilny.

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About the Author

Sam Hurcom was born in Dinas Powys, South Wales in 1991. He studied Philosophy at Cardiff University, attaining both an undergraduate and master's degree. He has since had several short stories published, and has written and illustrated a number of children's books. Sam currently lives in the village he was raised in, close to the woodlands that have always inspired his writing.
A SHADOW ON THE LENS is Sam's debut novel.

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Publisher
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1409189856
ISBN 13 
9781409189855
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288

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