![]() ![]() riveting and hard to put down" ( Portland Book Review). Set in three different time periods across the twentieth century, A Dark Dividing is "reminiscent of Henry James or Wilkie Collins. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Harry uncovers the grim history of Mortmain, he finds himself drawn into a set of interlocking mysteries, each one more curious and disturbing than the last. What exactly happened to Simone's twin sister Sonia, to whom she had once been conjoined-and who disappeared years before? And how might Simone and Sonia be connected to another pair of conjoined twins, Viola and Sorrel, born nearly a century ago?Įvery question Harry asks points him to the Shropshire village of West Fferna and a ruined mansion on the Welsh border called Mortmain House. A Dark Dividing Paperback Jby Sarah Rayne (Author) 130 ratings 3.8 on Goodreads 1,589 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback 14.95 24 Used from 3.74 9 New from 12.56 Mass Market Paperback 50.98 1 Used from 36.42 1 New from 50. In A Dark Dividing, the author has managed the impossible by writing the story in three timelines and somehow making it seamless and uncluttered. Journalist Harry Fitzglen is intrigued by his latest subject, the London artist Simone Anderson, whose enigmatic photographs hint at a mysterious past. I had read another book by Sarah Rayne and was mistaken in expecting a horror story but ending up with a very thoroughly written historical mystery. A conjoined twin's disappearance leads a London journalist to a mystery reaching back to the turn of the last century in this "hefty suspense thriller" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). Harry Fitzglen is a formerly respected reporter now trying to work his back to the top and regain his former reputation. ![]()
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