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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Witchfinder''s Sister by Beth Underdown, read by Lucy Brownhill and Roy McMillan.''VIVID AND TERRIFYING'' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainThe number of women my brother Matthew killed, so far as I can reckon it, is one hundred and six...1645. When Alice Hopkins'' husband dies in a tragic accident, she returns to the small Essex town of Manningtree, where her brother Matthew still lives.But home is no longer a place of safety. Matthew has changed, and there are rumours spreading through the town: whispers of witchcraft, and of a great book, in which he is gathering women''s names.To what lengths will Matthew''s obsession drive him?And what choice will Alice make, when she finds herself at the very heart of his plan?''A richly told and utterly compelling tale, with shades of Hilary Mantel'' Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat''Anyone who liked Cecilia Ekback''s Wolf Winter is going to love this'' Natasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street''Beth Underdown grips us from the outset and won''t let go...at once a feminist parable and an old-fashioned, check-twice-under-the-bed thriller'' Patrick Gale, author of Notes from an Exhibition ''A tense, surprising and elegantly-crafted novel'' Ian McGuire, author of The North Water''Beth Underdown cleverly creates a compelling atmosphere of dread and claustrophobia... Even from the distance of nearly four hundred years, her Matthew Hopkins is a genuinely frightening monster'' Kate Riordan
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Brought to you by Penguin.THE PAGE-TURNING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE WITCHFINDER''S SISTERI still dream, every night, of Polneath on fire. Smoke unravelling from an upper window, and the terrace bathed in a hectic orange light . . . Now I see that the decision I made at Polneath was the only decision of my life. Everything marred in that one dark minute.By day, Ivy Boscawen mourns the loss of her son Tim in the Great War. But by night she mourns another boy - one whose death decades ago haunts her still.For Ivy is sure that there is more to what happened all those years ago: the fire at the Great House, and the terrible events that came after. A truth she must uncover, if she is ever to be free.But once you open a door to the past, can you ever truly close it again?From the award-winning author of The Witchfinder''s Sister comes a captivating story of burning secrets and buried shame, and of the loyalty and love that rises from the ashes.''A gifted storyteller'' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent''The Key in the Lock is an absolute triumph! Dark, clever and utterly enthralling, this is historical fiction - and storytelling - at its absolute best'' Elizabeth Macneal, author of Circus of Wonders''The Key in the Lock is the perfect gothic novel. It has secrets, guilt, brilliant characters, and a grand old house built on a terrible past. An absolute corker'' Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle© Beth Underdown 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022