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Laura Purcell

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Historical Fiction, Paranormal, Horror

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Laura Purcell is a writer of gothic horror and historical fiction living in Colchester.

Her novels have won various awards including the WH Smith Thumping Good Read (2018), Fingerprint Historical Crime Book of the Year (2022) and the Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award (2023). They have also been selected for Radio 2 and Zoe Ball's ITV book clubs.

Laura's short stories have been published in a number of best-selling collections. She worked as lead writer on Roanoke Falls, a Realm horror podcast executive produced by John Carpenter and Sandy King Carpenter.
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	The Silent Companions 3.86 avg rating — 51,014 ratings — published 2017 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corset 4.13 avg rating — 17,214 ratings — published 2018 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone China 3.64 avg rating — 8,256 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shape of Darkness 3.81 avg rating — 6,675 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whispering Muse 3.91 avg rating — 5,113 ratings — published 2023 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Splinters 4.04 avg rating — 3,212 ratings — published 2025 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonstone 3.29 avg rating — 1,126 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen of Bedlam (Georgian Queens, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistress of the Court (Georgian Queens, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Laura Purcell Collection: The Silent Companions, The Corset and Bone China 4.42 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Silent Companions (2 books)
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Georgian Queens (2 books)
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“Death, once conceived, was rapacious. It took all with it.”
― Laura Purcell, The Silent Companions

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“Imprisonment was never the real punishment: it was the people you were stuck with.”
― Laura Purcell, The Silent Companions

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“She had an urge to confess everything: tell him about the splinters on Rupert’s neck; the nursery; the garret; the handprint; the eyes. But to speak of such things made them a farce. You could not explain fear; you could only feel it, roaring through the silence and striking your heart still.”
― Laura Purcell, The Silent Companions

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4th Quarter 2022 - Horror #2

The Vessel by Adam Nevill - 162 pp

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House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson - 304 pp

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Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott - 448 pp

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Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste - 320 pp

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Bone China by Laura Purcell - 433 pgs

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Women's Weird: Strange Stories by Women, 1890-1940 by Melissa Edmundson - 298 pp

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Crota by Owl Goingback - 320 pp

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Daphne by Josh Malerman - 352 pp

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“I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.”
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