“Deliciously spooky”
– Observer
“Anyone familiar with Purcell's previous novels will know she's an expert at bone-rattling tension … and Bone China is just as eerie … Written with an atmosphere of real foreboding, this is a sensational late autumn read as the evenings close in”
– Stylist
“Du Maurier-tastic … Purcell has a sure storytelling touch, a command of atmosphere and a keen eye for the telling details of social history. Oh, and she stores up some satisfying and suitably macabre final revelations”
– Paraic O'Donnell, Guardian
“A Victorian tale replete with laudanum, tuberculosis and possibly fairies … a clever, creepy read”
– Sunday Express, Best New Thrillers
“[Laura Purcell] does creeping menace like no one else. With Bone China, once again, I'm sleeping with the lights on”
– Red
“A brilliantly atmospheric and chilling tale and I raced through the pages hardly daring to find out what would happen next! Laura's characters and the world they inhabit are compelling, unsettling and richly drawn. A fabulous tale!”
– Ruth Hogan, author of 'The Keeper of Lost Things',
“With a cast of mysterious characters, a beautifully written sense of foreboding, and something malevolent (possibly) lurking around every cover, Bone China is a deliciously sinister and chilling read for fans of superior scary fiction”
– Heat
“If Charles Dickens and Emily Brontë had a love-child, it would be Laura Purcell. Bone China is a deliciously creepy novel full of rambling houses, storm-soaked nights, sinister secrets and hidden agendas that kept me turning the pages”
– Lorna Cook, author of 'The Forgotten Village',
“So many books are hyped up as being the next Jamaica Inn or the next Rebecca, but Bone China really is, and I think Queen Daphne might have to hand over the crown to Queen Laura. The research was just exquisite ... A cut above anything else I've read this year”
– Natasha Pulley, author of 'The Watchmaker of Filigree Street',
“I absolutely loved it. Sublime gothic atmosphere, completely gripping story and I honestly didn't expect it to hit me so hard emotionally. It's not just that I couldn't put it down, I just couldn't let go of those characters”
– Martyn Waites, author of 'The Old Religion',
“Profoundly atmospheric and eerie … Full of compelling and beautifully crafted prose and a plot that will have you racing through the pages” – Sunday Post
“This is an absolute treat, all wrapped up in Laura Purcell's gorgeous and compelling prose. I would very happily be pixy-led for days through the pages of this book!”
– Alison Littlewood, author of 'A Cold Season',
“Menacing, macabre and utterly gripping. Laura Purcell has done it again” – Essie Fox, author of 'The Last Days of Leda Grey',
“Brilliant, spine chillingly clever, a fabulously suspenseful tale that will seduce you utterly with its twists and turns”
– Professor Kate Williams, author of 'Rival Queens',
“Purcell is rapidly making a name for herself as the queen of the superior bone chiller and this newest novel is no exception ... Naturally nothing is as it appears and a very creepy mystery soon unfolds”
– Sarah Hughes, i
“I absolutely loved it! I raced through it, transfixed, as the gloomy and atmospheric Morvoren House offered up its chilling secrets. Laura spins her plot with all the mischievous cunning of a Cornish Fairy”
– Sonia Velton, author of 'Blackberry and Wild Rose',
“Praise for The Corset: A classic Victorian tale of murder most foul, twisted with a curious supernatural thread ... chilling”
– Stylist
“A contender for my Book of the Year. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece”
– Sarah Hilary,
“Intricate, atmospheric and chilling – with a wonderfully dark premise at its heart”
– Woman & Home
“A compelling slice of early Victorian gothic … An evocative portrait of a society that punishes women who dare to contravene social norms”
– Guardian
