· The House on Vesper Sands is the latest novel from Paraic O’ Donnell and is a perfectly pitched tale of suspense wrapped up in a shadowy cloak of darkness. Welcome to Vesper Sands, a gothic tale that will delight and mystify, that will enthrall and bewitch from the opening pages/5. · The House on Vesper Sands, by Paraic O'Donnell, is one of those Victorian-set mysteries that has echoes of Arthur Conan-Doyle and Wilkie Collins, with a touch of Ripper Street and in this case, maybe a tiny hint of MR James.4/5(). The House on Vesper Sands (UK) – Paraic O’Donnell. The House on Vesper Sands (UK) Chosen as one of ’s books of the year by The Guardian, The Observer and the Irish Independent. The Bookseller Editor’s Choice for October ‘The most vivid and compelling portrait of late Victorian London since The Crimson Petal and the White’ Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent.
The House on Vesper Sands is the second novel from Paraic O'Donnell. The book was named a book of the year by Observer and Guardian in , and was a Best Book pick for Apple Books, a Library Reads Pick, Indie Next Pick, Best of the Month for Amazon Fiction Literature, and was named one of the "Best Historical Novels of " by Oprah. Feb 7 The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell. ' Ladies and gentlemen, the darkness is complete.'. It is the winter of , and in London the snow is falling. It is falling as Gideon Bliss seeks shelter in a Soho church, where he finds Angie Tatton lying before the altar. His one-time love is at death's door, murmuring about. The House on Vesper Sands (UK) - Paraic O'Donnell. The House on Vesper Sands (UK) Chosen as one of 's books of the year by The Guardian, The Observer and the Irish Independent. The Bookseller Editor's Choice for October 'The most vivid and compelling portrait of late Victorian London since The Crimson Petal and the White.
—Helen MacDonald, author of Vesper Flights. London, high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling, serpentine world of Paraic O’Donnell’s Victorian-inspired mystery, the story of a city cloaked in shadow, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress jump from the window?. "The House on Vesper Sands" is his second novel, a mock-Victorian tour de force that dexterously blends the drama of Dickens, the sensationalism of Wilkie Collins, and the mystery of Conan Doyle. The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O’Donnell (Weidenfeld Nicolson, £). To order a copy for £, go to bltadwin.ru or call Free UK pp over £10, online.
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