The Companion

''Rachel Rhys is in a league of her own, creating compelling, engrossing historical mysteries that grip readers by the throat every single time'' LISA JEWELL ------------ An isolated castle, a deadly crime. Is this real or nightmare? Hgh up in the Tuscan hills in a remote castle, secrets are simmering among its glamorous English residents: The ailing gentleman art-dealer His dazzling niece Her handsome Fascist husband Their neglected young daughter The housekeeper who knows everything and Connie , the English widow working for them. There is a terrible wailing inside the walls and sinister noises at night. Is Connie losing her grip on reality? Or does someone in the castle want her gone? Readers love Rachel Rhys'' books: ''Wow! A knock-out book. Very Hitchcockian and Highsmith-esque with a delicious building of tension throughout'' ***** ''There is something immensely captivating about the way Rachel Rhys writes and it only took minutes for me to be transported'' ***** ''I wanted to give it six stars. The mystery and the menace make this book one I will want to read over again'' *****

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Rachel Rhys should be everyone's summer reading CLARE MACKINTOSH

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Rhys, Rhys Rachel
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.05.2022
• EAN: 9781529176575
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-7657-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical romance, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, Historical mysteries, Historical fiction, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Historical / World War II, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, FICTION / Noir, The Americas, Crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, FICTION / Feminist, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION / Adaptations & Pastiche, Comic (humorous) crime and mystery, police; novels; noire; murder; detective novels