I currently own three of the cutest guinea pigs in the world. My main interests in life are books, history and animals.

I’m a full-time writer now, but I’ve had several other jobs including selling books in Waterstones. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? But inside her new home lies a locked room, and beyond that door lies a two-hundred-year-old diary and a deeply unsettling painted wooden figure – a Silent Companion – that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself… The Q&A Section Thank you for taking the time to answer a few questions about your exciting upcoming release The Silent Companions. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband’s awkward cousin for company.

Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband’s crumbling country estate, The Bridge. Inspired by the work of Shirley Jackson and Susan Hill and set in a crumbling country mansion, The Silent Companions is an unsettling gothic ghost story to send a shiver down the spine… QUEEN OF BEDLAM (2014) and MISTRESS OF THE COURT (2015) were published by Myrmidon and are available from all book retailers.Īuthor Website: Twitter: Official Synopsis for The Silent Companions THE SILENT COMPANIONS will be published by Bloomsbury in October 2017 (US Penguin, March 2018). Laura is represented by Juliet Mushens at Caskie Mushens Literary Agency. She lives in Colchester with her husband and pet guinea pigs. Laura Purcell writes biographical fiction about the Georgian Queens and ‘spooky’ Victorian novels. A few details about Laura and her novel, then onto the Q&A! About Laura Purcell I hope you all enjoy the interview and get a chance to pick up a copy of The Silent Companions for yourselves. I am hopefully going to go and meet Laura at Waterstones in Norwich in October it is always a great experience meeting authors (had a brilliant time with Matt Haig).

I am really excited to read this as I do love a brilliant ghost story, especially when they are shocking to the core :D. Today I am lucky enough to have Laura Purcell answering a few questions about her upcoming Gothic tale The Silent Companions, published by Bloomsbury. Good morning and welcome to another exciting author interview here at Always Trust In Books.

The silent companions