On a child-like possession of Rose, becoming jealous of anyone else her ladyīecomes close to and this eventually has deadly consequences. Previous role as maid to Lady Rose, who she appears to have had something of aĬrush on, the lengths that her obsession can reach become clear. She was from her colleagues, but in a lot of ways, I trusted her. Perhaps she was keeping secrets from me, as Of course her addiction doesn’t make her the most reliable of narrators but I Settles for a supply of laudanum to see her through her time at Morvoren House. Happened, due to her desperation to locate a source of gin. Running from her previous job and that she is struggling to cope with what From the very first chapter, we know she is Purcell’s talent for creating atmospheric settings that take on lives of their I was completely absorbed by the houseĪnd its surroundings for the entire time I was reading and its testament to The only ‘character’ that sees and knows every detail of both stories and Presence not unlike Wuthering Heights or Manderley. As strange unexplainable things start happening, Hesterīegins to wonder whether there is really any truth in Creeda’s madcap tales. Her years, absorbing the whimsical stories of fairies and changelings relatedīy her maid Creeda. The position as attendant to the sickly Miss Pinecroft, who spends her days Men but the presence of a young superstitious girl Creeda slowly starts to takeĪlcoholic maid Hester Why is on the run and on her way to Cornwall to take up Devoted daughter Louise plays nurse to the In order to study the afflictionĪnd develop his research, he offers sanctuary and treatment to five prisonersĪt varying stages of the disease. Her father is a talented physician who is desperate to find a cureįor the vicious illness that took his family. Louise Pinecroft has lost her mother and both of her siblings toĬonsumption. Interwoven stories, both set in the large brooding Morvoren House on theĬornish coast. Historical thrillers that completely consume you and Bone China was no different.

Laura Purcell’s last two novels -The Silent Companions and The Corset- so ofĬourse, I had high hopes for this one.

Bone China by Laura Purcell