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Sanctuary

Big Little Lies meets The Crucible in this Sunday Times bestselling dark fantasy thriller - now a major TV series

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Sanctuary

By: V.V. James
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow, Matt Reeves, Patricia Rodriguez, Rachel Handshaw
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'The Crucible meets Desperate Housewives in this deft and gripping supernatural thriller' Daily Mail

'Addictive' Independent

Sanctuary. It's the perfect town. . . to hide a secret.

To Detective Maggie Knight, the death of Sanctuary's star quarterback seems to be a tragic accident. Only, everyone knows his ex-girlfriend is the daughter of a witch - and she was there when he died.

Then the rumours start

Bereaved mother Abigail will stop at nothing until she has justice for her dead son. Her best friend Sarah will do everything in her power to protect her accused daughter. And both women share a secret that could shatter their lives.

It falls to Maggie to prevent her investigation - and Sanctuary itself - from spiralling out of control.

A gripping thriller for fans of Big Little Lies, A Discovery of Witches and The Familars.

(p) Orion Publishing Group Ltd 2019 Fantasy Mystery Fiction Paranormal Suspense Witchcraft Magic Users
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What would you get if you crossed Big Little Lies with 90s teen flick The Craft and threw in a splash of Peyton Place and a dash of The Crucible? The answer is something like this addictive novel
The Crucible meets Desperate Housewives in this deft and gripping supernatural thriller
Thrilling... a compelling tale of small town rivalries, mob vengeance and magic.
Oh my god, what a fabulous book! Witches meets Big Little Lies. This one is going in my forever pile because I know I'm going to read it again. Trust me, this is properly addictive!
Sanctuary is Big Little Lies meets The Craft and I can not put it down
VV James has created an interesting version of America here - and it'll get you thinking. In 2019, would we suffer a witch to live or not?
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Not sure what to think at the beginning but I persevered and it was good. Would thoroughly recommend.

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believably brings magic into the real world and really made me see how the witchcraft hysteria of our history led to so many people being persecuted. i was interested in the story and wanted to find out what happened. and there was a bit of an enjoyable twist at the end. but this recording was completely ruined for me by the voice of Sarah, every time it was her turn to narrate i was grinding my teeth! at first the sing song - don't give a damn cadence was quite interesting you would think that a witch secure her magic may talk like that. but her voice never changed - when she found out all the terrible things that were happening and all the really difficult situations she had to deal with it never changed, barely showed emotion and it was irritating beyond belief

it is an ok story

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