Description
A young woman starts experiencing terrifying premonitions of people dying, as it becomes clear that a family curse known only as The Murmurs has begun, and a long-forgotten crime is about to be unearthed?
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‘Malone is the master of twists, turns and the unexpected ? a master of his craft’Â Herald Scotland
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‘A fine, atmospheric chiller couched in Malone’s customary elegant prose’ Douglas Skelton
‘A master storyteller at the very top of his game, Michael J. Malone weaves the most exquisite tale ? mesmeric and suspenseful’ Marion Todd
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In the beginning there was fear.
White-hot, nerve-shredding fear.
Terrifying premonitions of deaths.
And then they started?
The Murmurs?
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On the first morning of her new job at Heartfield House, a care home for the elderly, Annie Jackson wakens from a terrifying dream. And when she arrives at the home, she knows that the first old man she meets is going to die.
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How she knows this is a terrifying mystery, but it is the start of horrifying premonitions ? a rekindling of the curse that has trickled through generations of women in her family – a wicked gift known only as ‘the murmurs’?
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With its reappearance comes an old, forgotten fear that is about to grip Annie Jackson.
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And this time, it will never let go?
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A compulsive gothic thriller and a spellbinding supernatural mystery about secrets and small communities, about faith, courage and self-preservation, The Murmurs is a startling and compulsive read from one of Scotland’s finest authors?
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‘Poetic and beautifully crafted, this is a chilling and compelling read’ Caro Ramsay
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Praise for Michael J Malone
‘Vivid, visceral and compulsive’Â Ian Rankin
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‘A gothic ghost story and psychological thriller all rolled into one. Brilliantly creepy ? a spine-tingling treat’Â Daily Record
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‘Prepare to have your marrow well and truly chilled by this deeply creepy Scottish horror ? A complex and multi-layered story’Â Sunday Mirror
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‘A beautifully written tale, original, engrossing and scary? a dark joy’Â The Times
‘A deeply satisfying read’Â Sunday Times
‘A fine, page-turning thriller’Â Daily Mail
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‘Unsettling, multi-layered and expertly paced’ CultureFly
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