The Vanishing, Sophia Tobin
The Vanishing, Sophia Tobin
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The Vanishing

Author: Sophia Tobin

Narrator: Helen Longworth

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2017

Synopsis

On top of the Yorkshire Moors, in an isolated spot carved out of a barren landscape, lies White Windows, a house of shadows and secrets. Here lives Marcus Twentyman, a hard-drinking but sensitive man, and his sister, the brisk widow, Hester.

When runaway Annaleigh first meets the Twentymans, their offer of employment and lodgings seems a blessing. Only later does she discover the truth. But by then she is already in the middle of a web of darkness and intrigue, where murder seems the only possible means of escape…

About Sophia Tobin

Sophia Tobin was raised in Kent. She has studied History and History of Art, and worked for a Bond Street antique dealer for six years, specialising in silver and jewellery. She currently works in a library and archive. Inspired by her research into a real eighteenth-century silversmith, Tobin began to write The Silversmith’s Wife, which was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize.  It was published by Simon & Schuster in 2014. Her second novel, The Widow’s Confession, was published in 2015, and her third, The Vanishing, in 2017. Tobin lives in London with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by luce (cry baby)

| | blog | tumblr | ko-fi | | Rating: 2.5 Stars I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Vanishing did manage to hold my interest for most of the time, however there were far too many things that kept me from ever truly enjoying it. ◊ THE STORY While vaguely intriguing The Vanishing se......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte

I don’t normally read historical stories but I really enjoyed this story 😊......more

Goodreads review by Sheila

3 stars--I liked the book. This over-the-top story uses every gothic cliche there is--which is OK with me, since I love them all. The, however, ending seemed a bit lackluster. The good: *Take a look at that cover. Amazing. (Though I'm not a fan of the title. I would have preferred it named after one......more

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‘The plot twists with admirable zest… Entertaining’ 

‘Layer upon layer of increasingly fevered intrigue, and just when you think you can guess where this story is going, it takes a turn for the unexpected… undeniably page-turning’

‘Atmosphere aplenty and some real surprises’ 

‘Tobin writes with brio and the narrative carries the reader briskly along. The plotting is skilful, with a network of lies being woven so that no one, characters or readers, can be sure of the truth’ 

'There is a Jane Eyre feel to The Vanishing by Sophia Tobin'

‘A thrilling atmospheric page-turner in which madness threatens to unhinge the protagonists’ 

‘Think Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre, but 10 times darker, and you have The Vanishing…One to curl up by the fire with on a windy night’

‘Tobin, an antiques specialist-turned-novelist, has created a vivid sense of the period she is writing about, which stays with the reader long after the final page’ 

‘An atmospheric historical novel that echoes Wuthering Heights with its Yorkshire Moors setting and sense of intrigue'

'The Vanishing is a pitch perfect evocation of a classic nineteenth century Gothic novel which confirms Sophia Tobin as a writer of the highest calibre'

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