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Title	:	The Seance
Author	:	John Harwood
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	October 12th 2009 by Mariner Books (first published January 1st 2008)
Categories	:	Horror. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Gothic. Fiction. Paranormal. Ghosts

The Seance

John Harwood

Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.56 | 6349 Users | 795 Reviews

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A haunting tale of apparitions, a cursed manor house, and two generations of women determined to discover the truth, by the author of The Ghost Writer.

"Sell the Hall unseen; burn it to the ground and plow the earth with salt, if you will; but never live there . . .” Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for Constance’s sister, the child she lost.Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a séance: perhaps she will find comfort from beyond the grave. But the meeting has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life.

So begins The Séance, John Harwood’s brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains—and murder. For Constance’s bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared atWraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation.Now the Hall belongs to Constance. And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of theWraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.

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Original Title:	The Seance
ISBN:	0547247826 (ISBN13: 9780547247823)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Constance Langton
Setting:	London, England,1889(United Kingdom)
Literary Awards:	Aurealis Award for Horror Novel (2008)

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Ratings: 3.56 From 6349 Users | 795 Reviews

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I rated John Harwood's debut novel, The Ghost Writer, 2 stars, but this second novel is definitely a big improvement, and kept me interested (and creeped out) the entire time I was reading it.The Seance is certainly a send up of all the classic Victorian gothics of the 19th century, (without all the flowery and overly melodramatic dialogue). Harwood's prose is almost flawless in it's execution, and he is a master in drawing the reader into an implausible world and making them believers in it.

The Séance is a wonderfully mysterious novel set in Victorian England. It is an utterly enchanting read that draws the reader into its magic and then takes them on a ride of apparitions and spooky encounters.The most striking thing about the book is its voice. Very restrained and personable, the first-person narrative puts one right in the head of the main characters. Told in part through diary entries - much the same way Bram Stoker fashioned his classic Dracula - the story unfolds over various

4.5 "insightful, melancholic and atmospheric" stars !!! 2015 Honorable Mention Read Mr. Harwood has written a very, very fine book here.This book will appeal to those readers that love a Victorian Gothic that has elements of mystery, the supernatural, romantic and familial love and deeply etched characters that think thoroughly, feel deeply and reflect on their own and others actions.At first I thought this book was a series of interconnected novellas and then they merge into a story that is

After a somewhat dry and uninspiring start, this book developed into an excellently crafted and superbly chilling cross between a period mystery and a ghost story. I was impressed with the author's handling of both plot and characterisation; though the narrative is composed of personal accounts written by different characters at different times, it flows perfectly, and the ending ties up a great deal of loose ends without seeming implausible. The only thing I was unsure about was the

I know this book was not for everybody and I totally understand way, but I absolutely loved and enjoyed it so much. I actually pick this book up from the library for a book club group that I joined on goodreads that there were going to read in the month of Oct. I know some readers from the book club group didn't really like this one. Because it does have different pov's and subplots within the story that it all connects to the main plot at the very end. It also have a very eerie, haunted and

This is an excellent novel, and a wonderful audiobook. Not that much in the way of supernatural things happening, but instead its more of a mystery novel. But I enjoyed nearly all of it. Until I got to the very end, and it became just a little maudlin, which Im forgiving because the rest was good. The plot line was easy to guess which way it would go in some parts, and that was fine also.The narrators are Fiona Hardingham, Simon Vance, and Katherine Kellgren. Hardingham got way too excited in

John Harwood's debut novel The Ghost Writer was one of those novels that will go down as a favorite of mine, so naturally when Harwood's second novel , The Séance, was recently released, I could not wait to read it.The Séance is set in Victorian England and has all the elements which make for a great gothic mystery. There is a cursed run down mansion, a ghostly suit of armor, lightening bolts that strike out the blue, apparitions and other strange phenomena.Constance Langton is introduced early