Rebecca James

THE WOMAN IN THE MIRROR

Genre

Suspense & Thriller

UK Publication

HarperCollins / HQ, June 2018

US Publication

St. Martin's Press / Minotaur, March 2020

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Blurb

‘You’ll be the woman of this house next, miss. And you’ll like it.’

1947

Escaping London after the War, governess Alice Miller takes a job at mysterious Winterbourne Hall. Towering over the Cornish cliffs, its dark corners and tall turrets promise that, if Alice can hide from her ghosts anywhere, it’s here.

Who better to play hide and seek with than twins Constance and Edmund? Angelic and motherless, they are the perfect little companions. But what is the terrible secret they are protecting? And why does their father, the enigmatic Captain de Grey, keep so firmly to the shadows?

Present Day

Adopted at birth, Rachel has never been able to trace her roots. So when a letter brings news of the death of an unknown relative, Rachel travels to Cornwall, vowing to uncover the truth about her past…

With each new arrival, something in Winterbourne stirs. It’s hiding in the paintings. It’s sitting on the stairs.

It’s waiting in a mirror, behind a locked door.

Press and Reviews

“The Woman in the Mirror is a thoroughly transporting tale, both elegantly written and deliciously creepy. With the forbidding house, the relentless ocean, the echoes of…”

– Emylia Hall

“The Woman in the Mirror is a dark treat of a book, steeped in gothic detail and heavy with unease. With shades of Rebecca, The Turn…”

– Kate Riordan

“Brilliant, addictive and superbly gripping. I adored It. Rebecca James ramps up the tension from the first page and had me on the edge of my…”

– Kate Furnivall

“I thought it was deliciously sinister in the best way possible- elegantly written, intriguing and hugely atmospheric. When I wasn’t reading it I was dreaming about…”

– Nicola Cornick