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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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Average rating: 3.86 · 102,488 ratings · 15,216 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Silent Companions 3.86 avg rating — 48,303 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 — 16,633 ratings — published 2018 — 25 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 — 8,104 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 — 6,505 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 3.92 avg rating — 4,972 ratings — published 2023 — 13 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 4.06 avg rating — 2,473 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 3.30 avg rating — 1,076 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 — 685 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) 4.01 avg rating — 237 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 4.37 avg rating — 30 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 Brides

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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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Our Profile letters this month were "E" "I" and "O". And we came up with a good group of books to choose from.

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Lost Roses

by Martha Hall Kelly

19 votes, 31.1%

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

by Karen Joy Fowler

13 votes, 21.3%

Three Things About Elsie

by Joanna Cannon

7 votes, 11.5%

The Price of Time

by Tim Tigner

7 votes, 11.5%

The Corset/AKA The Poison Thread

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by Laura Purcell

6 votes, 9.8%

Sugar Run

by Mesha Maren

6 votes, 9.8%

Music of the Ghosts

by Vaddey Ratner

3 votes, 4.9%

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“Let it be a reminder that nothing in this world can last."
"Even pain," I reply.”
― Michelle Moran, Madame Tussaud

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“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

tags: gossip

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“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

tags: happiness

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“If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: books, fiction

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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.”
― Daphne duMaurier, Rebecca

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