Wakenhyrst - Tapa dura

'[Michelle Paver's] storytelling is irresistible' The Times, Historical Fiction Book of the Month.

'It's a ghost story to put beside the classics of an earlier era ... Compelling' Evening Standard.

'Original and engrossing ... Paver masterfully blends together two narratives ... Spanning fen devils, mystics and the lot of women in Edwardian England' Observer.

'This book has been haunting me ... Very gripping' BBC Radio 2 Book Club.

'[A] superb, supernatural novel ... Paver deliciously ratchets up the tension as Maud struggles for autonomy in the face of her father's deranged obsessions' Daily Mail.

'A brilliantly atmospheric read (be warned: it's also terrifying!) with a brave, forward-thinking heroine I loved' Good Housekeeping.

'Paver is back on top form' The Bookseller, Editor's Choice.

'A spine-chilling masterpiece' Woman and Home.

'This dark, gothic tale will hook you in with its atmospheric setting of a house on the edge of the Suffolk fens, and its themes of superstition, witchcraft and religion' Sun.

'Wakenhyrst is many things all at once – a chilling Gothic horror, a coming of age tale, a story of madness and loneliness, and most of all an account of how one girl manages to look out for herself when no-one else will. Paver successfully balances these themes as only a confident writer can. With fully realised characters and motivations, she draws you deeper and deeper into the story, even as the sense of dread grows stronger with every turn of the page' Scotland on Sunday.