Summary
The Silent Siren’s Secret: A Tale of Love, Lies, and Lost Cinema
When journalist Ed Peters discovers a captivating photograph of the reclusive silent-film star Leda Grey, he’s immediately drawn into her mysterious past.
Leda, living in a secluded cliff-top house, is finally ready to break her fifty-year silence and share her extraordinary story.
She unveils a tale of passionate love, consuming obsession, and the alluring yet treacherous world of early cinema.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409146278 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409146278 |
| Author: | Essie Fox |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 22mm |
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A richly evocative story, brimming with intrigue and suspense - M. L. Stedman, author of THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
Leda Grey’s world is utterly beguiling - THE TIMESA deliciously eerie affair... A story of obsession, jealousy, mysterious deaths and theatrically supernatural goings-on as very strange truths are tantalisingly revealed - SUNDAY EXPRESSShades of Sunset Boulevard in this atmospheric chiller - WOMAN&HOMEDark, haunting, compelling… equal to DuMaurier’s novels - this book held me in its grip. Loved it. - Liz Fenwick, author of The Cornish HouseA wonderfully creepy tale. Leda is a triumph - Vanessa Lafaye, author of SummertimeAbout The Author
Essie Fox
Essie Fox divides her time between Windsor and Bow in the East End of London. Her debut novel, THE SOMNAMBULIST, was selected for the Channel 4 Book Club and was shortlisted in the New Writer of the Year category of the 2012 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS. She is the author of The Virtual Victorian.
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