Abigale Hall: A NovelAuthor: Lauren A. Forry
Genre: Historical Fiction/Suspense/Gothic Mystery
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Description:
Amid the terror of the Second World War, seventeen-year-old Eliza and her troubled little sister Rebecca have had their share of tragedy, having lost their mother to the Blitz and their father to suicide. Forced to leave London to work for the mysterious Mr. Brownwell at Abigale Hall, they soon learn that the worst is yet to come. The vicious housekeeper, Mrs. Pollard, seems hell-bent on keeping the ghostly secrets of the house away from the sisters and forbids them from entering the surrounding town—and from the rumors that circulate about Abigale Hall. When Eliza uncovers some blood-splattered books, ominous photographs, and portraits of a mysterious woman, she begins to unravel the mysteries of the house, but with Rebecca falling under Mrs. Pollard’s spell, she must act quickly to save her sister, and herself, from certain doom.
Perfect for readers who hunger for the strange, Abigale Hall is an atmospheric debut novel where the threat of death looms just beyond the edge of every page. Lauren A. Forry has created a historical ghost story where the setting is as alive as the characters who inhabit it and a resonant family drama of trust, loyalty, and salvation.
Lauren A. Forry was brought up
in the woods of Bucks County, Pennsylvania where her FBI agent father
and book-loving mother raised her on a diet of The X-Files and RL Stine.
After earning her BA in Cinema Studies from New York University, she
spent some time in film production before moving to London where she
earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Kingston University. There she
was awarded the Faber and Faber Creative Writing MA Prize for her first
horror novel, The Compulsion. Her short stories have since been
published by Brick Moon Fiction, Lamplight Magazine, and in multiple
sci-fi and horror anthologies. She currently resides in the woods but
can, on occasion, be found in the quieter parts of London.
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