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All that I was I gave to you. All that I am you took from me. All that you have I will destroy...
On top of the Yorkshire Moors, in an isolated spot carved out of a barren landscape, lies White Windows, a house of shadows and secrets. Here lives Marcus Twentyman, a hard-drinking but sensitive man, and his sister, the brisk widow, Hester.
When runaway Annaleigh first meets the Twentymans, their offer of employment and lodgings seems a blessing. Only later does she discover the truth. But by then she is already in the middle of a web of darkness and intrigue, where murder seems the only possible means of escape...
'As dark and eerie and gothic as the Yorkshire Moors it is set on' Stylist
'Vivid, absorbing and wonderfully gothic with shades of Sarah Waters and Emily and Charlotte Brontë' Kate Riordan
'Playful and menacing, The Vanishing is a pitch perfect evocation of a classic nineteenth century Gothic novel which confirms Sophia Tobin as a writer of the highest calibre' William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier
About the author
Sophia Tobin was raised in Kent. She has studied History and History of Art, and worked for a Bond Street antique dealer for six years, specialising in silver and jewellery. She currently works in a library and archive. Inspired by her research into a real eighteenth-century silversmith, Tobin began to write The Silversmith's Wife, which was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize. It was published by Simon & Schuster in 2014. Her second novel, The Widow's Confession, was published in 2015, and her third, The Vanishing, in 2017. Tobin lives in London with her husband.
Summary
Already a Sunday Times bestselling author, The Vanishing deserves to be the break-out book for Sophia Tobin. Stunning, twisting historical fiction for all fans of The Miniaturist, The Essex Serpent and Burial Rites.
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'Itcompels the reader with the poignancy and drama so loved in the novels of Wilkie Collins. The beauty of the writing sings throughout. A splendid and accomplished literary page turner'
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'The plot twists with admirable zest... Entertaining' The Times
