Looking Glass Sound

Hardback Published on: 20/04/2023
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Looking Glass Sound
Clever, multi-layered, multi-genre - full of surprises
This is a clever multi-layered, multi-genre book, full of surprises - not what I expected but much more. The book begins with an unpublished memoir by asp... READ MORE
Selena, Guildford
Looking Glass Sound
Amazing!
This is an absolutely fantastic novel! It's highly original, wonderfully creepy and I absolutely devoured it (and then spent days afterwards thinking about... READ MORE
Helen at Scarborough

Synopsis

In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood companions and the killer that stalked their small New England town. Of the body they found, the horror of that discovery echoing down the decades. And of Sky, Wilder's one-time friend, who stole his unfinished memoir and turned it into a lurid bestselling novel, The Sound and the Dagger.

This book will be Wilder's revenge on Sky, a man who betrayed his trust and died without ever telling him why. But as he writes, Wilder begins to find notes written in Sky's signature green ink and events in his manuscript start to chime eerily with the present. Is Sky haunting him? Did Wilder have more to do with Sky's death than he admits? And who is the woman drowning in the cove, whom no-one else can see?

No longer able to trust his own eyes, Wilder begins to wonder: is he writing the book, or is the book writing him?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781800810976
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Dimensions: 236 x 162 x 40 mm
  • Weight: 560g
  • Languages: English

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Looking Glass Sound
Brilliant first page to last.
I'm.a huge fan of Catriona Ward, she got my no 1 book of the year with The Last House and Looking Glass Sound is a whole new level of brilliant crazy. It'... READ MORE
Elizabeth Wilkins
Looking Glass Sound
My god - I loved this book.
It's got nostalgia. Seaside coming of age. Plot twists. Unreliable narration within unreliable narration within unreliable narration. We have murders. We h... READ MORE
Callum Langston-Bolt
Looking Glass Sound
A compelling novel with a dark heart
A beautifully-crafted novel that travels through different times and weaves a compelling narrative around a group of young people who may or may not be fig... READ MORE
Chris Scotland
Looking Glass Sound
So creative
4-5 stars In the summer of 1989 Wilder Harlow and his parents go to stay at their late Uncle Vernon's cottage of Whistler Bay prior to selling it. The p... READ MORE
Celia Short
Looking Glass Sound
Wonderfully Dark
I think Looking Glass is a very apt description of this book. Once you drop into this world, you keep falling deeper and deeper. This is a book within a bo... READ MORE
Angela Watt
Looking Glass Sound
Tomato in the mirror
How do you know if you're the one telling your own story? Does it belong to you and you alone, or do the others involved - no matter how tangientially - ha... READ MORE
Carolyn Percy
Looking Glass Sound
Not your average coming-of-age novel…
When Wilder’s parents inherit a cottage on the Maine coast they decide to take a vacation before putting the home on the market. There, Wilder becomes frie... READ MORE
Susie’s Book Reviews
Looking Glass Sound
Unique and clever writing style
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward I give this book 4.25 stars An eerie multi layered book about storytelling. This author has such a unique and cleve... READ MORE
@janinereadsandreviews
Looking Glass Sound
An incredibly haunting and atmospheric thriller
Wilder Harlow is writing a book based on the story that plagued his teenage years and haunted him for the rest of his life. His only true friend, Sky, stol... READ MORE
Katherine
Looking Glass Sound
You will never be a step ahead of this book.
It’s difficult to go into too much detail about this book for fear of spoilers, and this is a book you need to go in blind. So instead, this review is just... READ MORE
Victoria Bucknell
Looking Glass Sound
Looking Glass Sound
This went all round the houses and back in on itself. Deliciously so. And for that reason, it's hard to say much more about the book, so I will be very car... READ MORE
Ashrae
Looking Glass Sound
Read this with bated breath
I read this with bated breath, wondering how it would all go. Wilder Harlow’s parents are left a cottage by the sea, after a family death. One holiday the... READ MORE
AHR
Looking Glass Sound
Lyrically stunning
I'm not quite sure what I've just read but "Looking Glass Sound" by Catriona Ward is brilliant. Unlike some of her previous novels which seem confusing an... READ MORE
Mel Pretorius
Looking Glass Sound
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
Looking Glass Sound is another triumph from Catriona Ward! It ticks all the boxes with regard to character, setting, plot and storyline. I found myself dra... READ MORE
@damppebbles
Looking Glass Sound
Multi layered, confusing as heck, simply brilliant!!
Catriona Ward has fast become one of my favourite authors, she has absolutely smashed this book out of the park with this story within a story within a sto... READ MORE
Melissa Obrien
Looking Glass Sound
A beautifully vivid horror story, with real depth
Looking Glass Sound is a bit of genius wrapped in a tribute and dusted with meta-fiction. It is a parcel to be unwrapped with care; a delicious puzzle to p... READ MORE
Mary Picken
Looking Glass Sound
very original, but not really for me
3⭐️ This author is getting a lot of acclaim for her unique inventive writing style, so I was keen to try her work, as I’m always keen to read something or... READ MORE
Lesley Lloyd
Looking Glass Sound
Looking Glass Sound
⭐️ 2 ⭐️ I’ve seen countless rave reviews for this book, so I’m definitely in the minority with my thoughts on this one. I think Ward’s writing is excelle... READ MORE
Dee