House of Splinters
the spine-tingling return to the world of The Silent Companions from the Queen of the Ghost Story
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:9th Oct '25
£16.99
This title is due to be published on 9th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

A brand new spine tingling tale from the award winning, Sunday Times bestseller, Laura Purcell.
Dare you enter the House of Splinters?
'Laura Purcell really is a master of the unsettling ghost story' Jen Williams
Not every house is a home...
Belinda Bainbridge has spent her life in the shadow of her anxious mother, so when her father-in-law dies at The Bridge, his remote ancestral seat, she is secretly thrilled. His death means she, her husband Wilfred and their children can relocate and finally begin to create their own happy home together: born a merchant’s daughter, she will now be lady of the manor.
But their new home quickly proves far from ideal. The garden is a wilderness, the estate is struggling financially, there are whispers about the mysterious death of a servant many years before while their young son, Freddie, seems unusually fixated on the strange wooden figures – so-called 'silent companions' – that were once owned by his ancestors.
When Wilfred's charismatic brother, Nathan, arrives unexpectedly from abroad, bringing a very different account of the family’s past, Belinda begins to question what her husband has told her. What really lies behind the sad history of the house?
And are Belinda’s children truly safe here?
The outstanding new haunted house story from Sunday Times bestseller and multi award winner, Laura Purcell. Adored by readers, The Silent Companions was picked for both the Radio 2 Book Club and the Zoe Ball ITV Book Clubs, and reignited readers' passion for classic gothic tales for a new audience. House of Splinters revisits her iconic setting of The Bridge for a fresh new tale to chill and thrill new readers and existing fans to their very depths.
Praise for The Silent Companions: [An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book -- Jojo Moyes
Praise for The Silent Companions: Terrific. Perfect setting, great build-up, chilling. What more could you want? -- Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black
Praise for The Silent Companions: [It] shone, for originality for the sheer quality of the writing, the characters and some masterly chills -- Peter James
ISBN: 9781526627230
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
368 pages
Unabridged edition