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The Sleeper: A Novel
The Sleeper: A Novel
The Sleeper: A Novel
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The Sleeper: A Novel

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The sins of the past haunt an isolated farmhouse as a snowstorm rages outside . . .
It’s not shaping up to be a very merry Christmas. Clover Moon feels trapped in her life as a farmer’s wife. She certainly doesn’t enjoy hosting Fergus’s mother, Violet, who always finds new ways to publicly humiliate her unsatisfactory daughter-in-law. But would Violet ever seek a more violent way of expressing her disapproval? Violet is a medium, and the voices of the dead sometimes encourage her to do disturbing things. During her stay at the farmhouse, she claims to sense an intrusive presence. Fergus then discovers the dead body of a woman floating in their flooded cellar, and elderly Miss Bates, resident of a nearby senior home and a client of Violet’s, is missing . . . With her acute sense of human nature and gift for suspense, reminiscent of Barbara Vine, Gillian White will leave you guessing until the very end.
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Release dateMar 19, 2013
ISBN9781480402201
The Sleeper: A Novel
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Gillian White

Gillian White (b. 1945) grew up in Liverpool, England. She has written sixteen novels under her own name, which are known for suspense, Gothic thrills, and satiric views of contemporary society. She also writes historical romance under the name Georgina Fleming. She lives in Devon, England. 

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    Overall an enjoyable read, not as tense or spine-tingling as I had hoped but enough mystery and atmosphere to keep me enthralled.
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    This is a charming and hugely entertaining mystery and I would love to see the BBC television production. Wicked and wild, Gillian White's characters can be terrifying or humorous and frequently both.

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