The Evil Seed: an absorbing, dark and chilling novel from bestselling author Joanne Harris

The Evil Seed: an absorbing, dark and chilling novel from bestselling author Joanne Harris

by JoanneHarris (Author)

Synopsis

Something inside me remembers and will not forget...When Alice Farrell is drawn to Grantchester churchyard and reads the strange inscription on Rosemary Virginia Ashley's gravestone, she feels oddly disturbed. And when former boyfriend Joe returns to Cambridge with his new girlfriend Ginny, Alice is repelled by the ethereal, lavender-eyed beauty - and is certain of her evil. Then Alice finds an old diary in Ginny's room and reads the story of Daniel Holmes, who lived in Cambridge forty years earlier, and fell under the fatal spell of Rosemary Ashley. As the two stories intertwine, Alice's suspicions about Ginny increase - until the past meets present in a terrifying climax...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: Revised Edition 1st Printing
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 11 Sep 2008

ISBN 10: 0552775045
ISBN 13: 9780552775045
Book Overview: The revised and updated reissue of Joanne Harris's first novel, an absorbing, dark, chilling story.

Media Reviews
A dark, gothic romance filled with mystery, jealousy, and violence...an interesting and a thrilling read * Style Magazine *
Author Bio
Joanne Harris is one of our best-loved and most versatile novelists. She first appeared on the scene with the bestselling Chocolat (made into an Oscar-nominated film with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp), which turned into the sensuous Lansquenet trilogy (with Lollipop Shoes and Peaches for Monsieur le Cure). She has since written acclaimed novels in such diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks, Runelight, The Gospel of Loki), and the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players, Blueeyedboy, and now Different Class). Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. In 2013, she was awarded an MBE. She lives in Yorkshire, plays bass in a band first formed when she was sixteen, works in a shed in her garden, spends far too much time online and occasionally dreams of faking her own death and going to live in Hawaii.