{"product_id":"house-of-splinters","title":"House of Splinters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot every house is a home...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBelinda Bainbridge has spent her life in the shadow of her anxious mother, so when her father-in-law dies at The Bridge, his remote ancestral seat, she is secretly thrilled. His death means she, her husband Wilfred and their children can relocate and finally begin to create their own happy home together- born a merchant's daughter, she will now be lady of the manor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eBut their new home quickly proves far from ideal. The garden is a wilderness, the estate is struggling financially, there are whispers about the mysterious death of a servant many years before while their young son, Freddy, seems unusually fixated on the strange wooden figures so-called 'silent companions' that were once owned by his ancestors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eWhen Wilfred's charismatic brother, Nathan, arrives unexpectedly from abroad, bringing a very different account of the family's past, Belinda begins to question what her husband has told her. What really lies behind the sad history of the house? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eAnd are Belinda's children truly safe here?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe outstanding new haunted house story from \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and multi-award winner, Laura Purcell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Companions\u003c\/i\u003e, who has reignited readers' passion for classic gothic tales for a new audience. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Laura Purcell really is a master of the unsettling ghost story\u003c\/b\u003e' Jen Williams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laura Purcell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47882693836967,"sku":"9781526627230","price":42.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4945\/4503\/files\/house-of-splinters-Purcell-2026-9781526627230.jpg?v=1770785113","url":"https:\/\/www.murderousink.com.au\/products\/house-of-splinters","provider":"Murderous Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}