Synopsis
* Winner of the HWA Debut Crown Award 2020*
Some secrets are unspoken. Others are unspeakable . . .
August 1939.
Thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum’s collection of mammals. Once she and her exhibits arrive at Lockwood Manor, however, where they are to stay for the duration of...
Details
05 March 2020352 pages
9781529014181Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
Jane Healey’s excellent debut novel is a rich story full of tension and darkness. The star of the novel is the claustrophobic Manor itself, which casts a shadow over every page and hides a truly horrible secret. Atmospheric and disquieting, The Animals at Lockwood Manor is an ideal book club readA J Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird
An eerie puzzle box of a book . . . a deeply consuming read and a fantastic novel to get lost inErika Swyler
Such a vivid, beautiful but haunting story, with a thread of darkness running through it . . . I was thoroughly engrossedCressida McLaughlin
This story will keep you captivatedWomen's Weekly
