Looking Glass Sound

This gripping horror is a masterful exploration of storytelling. It will lure you to the dark side before quietly blowing your mind, time after time. A haunting tale of friendship, creativity and revenge, with prose as deep and sweeping as the cliffs of Looking Glass Sound itself -- Janice Hallett, author of THE APPEAL An evocative, bone-chilling read, exploring grief storytelling and the dark forces of obsession. Catriona's writing is complex, challenging and beautiful in equal measure. A tale to savour -- Sarah Pearse, author of THE SANATORIUM Ward's most complex and brilliant book yet... Intense, psychologically acute and atmospheric * Guardian * Genuinely unsettling * Times * A twisty, endlessly surprising novel... Ward has a Gillian Flynn-like mastery of puzzle box plotting; go in knowing as little as possible and you won't be disappointed by what you find * New York Times * Eerie and disturbing, it is another darkly atmospheric slice of the literary horror/thriller genre that Ward is making her own * Observer * A slow-burn psycho-thriller in which Lewis Carroll meets Stephen King * Times (Crime Club) * A darkly moving and heartfelt exploration of obsession and betrayal that lingers long in the memory * Daily Express * A wonderful piece of Gothic sleight-of-hand; a beautifully sinister tale of perception and identity that had me enthralled from the first page -- Joanne Harris, author of CHOCOLAT Unbelievably good... so clever, so haunting and melancholic. A novel about obsession, love and loss; an exploration of trauma and delusion; a meditation on writing and what it means to create, to be trapped in a world of your own making, tormented by your own characters. It's so beautiful, so dark and so vivid -- Jennifer Saint, author of ARIADNE This twisted tale of ghosts and murderers, derailed lives and childhood traumas is a vertical labyrinth that will take you straight down into the heart of darkness. Enthralling and heartbreaking -- M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS I loved every word... an irresistible, beautifully written story powered by dread and fascination with the unknown -- A.J. Finn, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW Relentlessly inventive, insidiously creepy and just so cool and clever. I inhaled it in two days. It's nightmarish, dreamy, luminous with beauty and menace. I can't get it out of my head -- Emma Stonex, author of THE LAMPLIGHTERS One of the finest literary craftsmen currently working is writing horror. Looking Glass Sound is a masterclass in atmosphere. Nearly every sentence is faultless, gutting and precise. Come for the family secrets but stay for the humanity, tenderness, and empathy that are so central to Ward's storytelling. This book will truly haunt you long after you read -- Olivie Blake, author of THE ATLAS SIX Brilliantly atmospheric and creepy with unforgettable characters -- Elodie Harper, author of THE WOLF DEN Devastatingly beautiful, bone-chilling and enchanting. Looking Glass Sound is further proof that no one writes like Catriona Ward. No one conjures such heartbreak from such raw fear. An alchemist of storytelling -- Chris Whitaker, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END What a totally stunning book. Such an intricate plot that you just have to sit back and enjoy as there's no point trying to work it out. At it's heart a book about the madness of story telling, possession and grief. I loved it! -- Araminta Hall, author of EVERYTHING AND NOTHING Luminous storytelling, like drowning in deep water... -- Sarah Hilary, author of SOMEONE ELSE'S SKIN Emotional, haunting, beautiful literary crime-horror with shades of Donna Tartt's The Secret History and Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire - thoroughly recommended -- Greg Buchanan, author of SIXTEEN HORSES A marvel of storytelling, sinister as hell, and, at points where I thought I understood where it was going, Catriona drowned me with her signature 'oh no, you don't&apo

Catriona Ward was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the US, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She is the bestselling author of Sundial and The Last House on Needless Street, which was both a Richard and Judy Book Club and BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club pick. She lives in London and Devon.