Creeping in Cornwall

120. The House of Whispers – Laura Purcell

Esther Stevens flees to Cornwall to become Hester Why and serve as lady’s maid to the frail and palsied Miss Louise Pinecroft and her ward Rosewyn. Miss Pinecroft is really, really serious about keeping her china sorted and nice. You see, bad things happen when you don’t and Miss Pinecroft knows a lot about bad things happening just like the hazy Esther/Hester does. The bad things they’re both stuck in from their pasts go alongside all the weird superstitious practices the household follows, as well as the creaking and flickering and humming that permeate the house, and it all comes together to make The House of Whispers a resounding Gothic by the merciless sea.

 

Hen Wen is thinking of fleeing to Cornwall from this pumpkin photoshoot. Thinking about it.