Circle of Shadows

When Evie Winstanley''s father, a collector of occult books, dies in suspicious circumstances, she decides to investigate . . . even though private detection is no profession for a woman of standing in Edwardian Britain. When Evie stumbles across a mention of the mysterious ''circle of shadows'', she begins to suspect occult involvement. Her pursuit of the truth leads her via a seance in a house on the Yorkshire moors, to legends of an ancient monster, and a sinister cult hidden amongst the elite of an Oxford University college. But some things are better left undisturbed, and when the body of a young woman marked with occult symbols is discovered floating in a river in Oxford, Evie realises that this is far bigger than one death . . . and that her own life, and the lives of those she loves, might very well be in danger.

A propos de l'auteur

Marisa Linton is a Brighton-based professional historian, professor (Kingston University), writer and academic, specialising in the history of witchcraft and magical beliefs, revolution and terror. She has worked as a historical adviser, including for the TV series, Dangerous Liaisons (Starz/Lionsgate, 2022). Her previous published books have all been historical non-fiction, including Choosing Terror (Oxford University Press), about Terror in the French Revolution. She also writes for the popular history market such as BBC History Magazine. Marisa won the Times/Chicken House Prize in 2023 for her YA folk horror The Binding Spell.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marisa Linton
• Edition: Hodder & Stoughton
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 09.10.2025
• EAN: 9781399740180
• ISBN: 978-1-399-74018-0
• Pages: 368
• Thème: Evie Winstanley
• Catégories: Littérature > Suspense; Fantasy, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Crime & mystery, Gothic, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Fantasy / General, Classic crime, Myth & legend told as fiction, Occult fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Horror and supernatural fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Monsters & Legendary Beings, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales