Synopsis
Deeply gripping and darkly atmospheric, The Animals at Lockwood Manor is a tale of long-buried secrets and hidden desires by Jane Healey.
Winner of the HWA Debut Crown Award 2020
Some secrets are unspoken. Others are unspeakable . . .
August 1939. As the Second World War looms, thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum’s...
Details
18 February 2021352 pages
9781529014198Imprint: Pan
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
