Customer Reviews
I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE - By: Leeds lass, 28 Jul 2008 
This reallly is a gripping read. I have read one other book of this author`s & i will definately read more. I love the way she can intertwine past & present with apparently no interruption at alll - the flow is incredible. As another reviewer says there are a few errors - the moblie phone etc - but they are forgivable because she puts so much into the story. You are actuallly reading three stories in one with this book - one is a diary written over 100 years ago, the second is from roughly 20 years ago, & the third is the present day - exceptionallly clever ! Highly recommended read that will grip you to the last page !
A Dark Dividing - By: L. Evans, 08 Feb 2008 I highly recommend this book.It was unputdownable! Its complex storyline was very involved although the deeper the involvement got the more you try to guess the link between the characters, the link slowly unveils itself in a way that makes you not be able to stop reading. I felt every emotion the mothers felt,it was written that well. I must read more of Sarah Raynes books!!
Original and gripping! - By: Joeycat, 17 Mar 2007 I had never heard of this author, but intrigued by the cover & blurb, thought I'd give this book a go & I am so glad I did. With twists & turns you don't see coming & a sense of darkness throughout, this book was a complex, compelling thriller that was so original, I am defintely going to read her other books!
Excellent - By: Ms. G. L. Clark, 16 Jan 2007 This is the best book I have read in years, kept me gripped throughout. Definately one of my alll time favourites. I hadn't heard of the author before but will make sure I read the rest of her books, there's only a few!!
A wonderful read - By: A reader in the UK, 21 Dec 2006 I was drawn to this by the reference to twins in the synopsis, & have not enjoyed a book so much for a long time.
The linking of the stories of two sets of twins - one in the present day & one at the start of the twentieth century - makes for a great tale. At times it's quite a spooky story, particularly when the present-day Simone believes she is being haunted by a child from the past, & when she explores the ruined house, 'Mortmain', which seems to hold so many secrets. But there's humour to balance the dark parts - especiallly from the delightful Edwardian flirt, Charlotte, mother of the twins born in 1900, whose lively diaries are interspersed with the plot.
A reallly terrific book & highly recommended.
