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This audiobook is read by Tuppence Middleton and includes an exclusive interview with Elizabeth Macneal. Now a major TV series with Paramount+ Sunday Times Bestseller – BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick – BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime The intoxicating story of one woman's dreams of freedom in...

The #1 international bestseller and The New York Times Editor’s Choice “As lush as the novels of Kate Morton and Diane Setterfield, as exciting as The Alienist and Iain Pears’ An Instance of the Fingerpost, this exquisite literary thriller will intrigue book clubs and rivet fans of...

'I genuinely could not put this down' – Stacey Halls, author of Mrs England 'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' – Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time 'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' – Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora From Elizabeth Macneal...

From Dickens's A Christmas Carol to the ghost stories of M.R. James, the tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. The twelve stories of The Winter Spirits are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret, and drawing inspiration from festive traditions from all around the globe, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.

London, 1850. Iris schuftet unter harten Bedingungen in einer Puppenmanufaktur, doch heimlich malt sie Bilder und träumt von einem Dasein als Künstlerin. Als sie für den Maler Louis Frost Modell stehen soll und von ihm unterrichtet wird, eröffnet sich ihr eine völlig neue Welt: Künstlerische Meisterschaft, persönliche Entfaltung und die Liebe zu Louis stellen ihr Leben auf den Kopf. Sie ahnt jedoch nicht, dass sie einen heimlichen Verehrer hat. Einen Verehrer, der seinen ganz eigenen, dunklen Plan verfolgt.

La liberté est une chose précieuse... Un roman campé à Londres, en pleine époque victorienne, où il est question d'amour, d'art, d'obsession et de possession. Londres, 1850. L'Exposition universelle va bientôt ouvrir ses portes dans le tout nouveau Crystal Palace, et les badauds se pressent déjà dans Hyde Park pour venir admirer cette merveille. Parmi eux, Iris, une modeste employée dans un magasin de poupées, à la beauté mâtinée de difformité, qui rêve de devenir artiste peintre.

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the “lush, evocative Gothic” (The New York Times Book Review) The Doll Factory comes an atmospheric and spectacular novel about a woman transformed by the arrival of a Victorian circus of wonders—“as moving as it is deeply entertaining”...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Beautifully written' - The Times 'An absolute triumph' - Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars 'A glittering follow-up to The Doll Factory' - Guardian 'Entrancing. I couldn’t put it down' - Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton This audiobook...

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for gathering by the bright flame of a candle, or the warm crackling of a fire, and swapping stories of ghosts and strange happenings. Now eight best-selling, award-winning authors, master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre bring this time-honoured tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales.

1866. I en kystby i det sydlige England bor pigen Nell. Hun ser anderledes ud, og en dag bliver hun bemærket af Jasper Jupiters forunderlige cirkus. Cirkusejeren ser potentiale i pletterne på Nells krop og køber hende. På trods af stor uvilje begynder Nell langsomt at føle et fællesskab blandt de andre artister og tage ansvar for egen skæbne.