{"product_id":"9780957647411","title":"The Chase","description":"'This is a haunting book, skilfully written and tantalisingly unravelled. Lorna Fergusson weaves a vivid but dark tale set in the beautiful Dordogne, where past and present fuse in a page-turning mystery. I could go back to this again and again.' ALISON WEIR, best-selling novelist and historian.\u003cp\u003eDAPHNE DU MAURIER meets JOANNE HARRIS in this richly evocative drama with a Gothic edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevised edition: previously published by Bloomsbury Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSYNOPSIS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe Sanglier: an old house buried deep in the woods of the Dordogne, a region steeped in dark history. Gerald Feldwick buys Le Sanglier as a refuge. He tells his wife Netty that in France they can start afresh - they can escape the unbearable pain of the event that has fractured their marriage. He tells her they can put the past behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNetty is not so sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNetty is right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Chase - the past will hunt you down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Chase tells a disturbing story with great vividness ... A remarkable achievement.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful, accomplished and original ... Lorna Fergusson describes [rural France] beautifully and manages a large cast of believable characters with great skill.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lorna Fergusson has a natural gift for telling a story - think of Daphne du Maurier ... Splendid ... it has the power to catch the reader up in the rush of the narrative.' SCOTSMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Steeped in the atmosphere, history and excitement of France ... It is very definitely the sort of book that is difficult to put down.' LIVING FRANCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Superbly written, ambitious in scope, morally complex, emotionally challenging, this is a real page-turner.' LINDA GILLARD, novelist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Partly a wry look at England's love-hate relationship with its closest neighbour and partly a thriller with Gothic overtones, it is also a novel about the impossibility of escape from one's past. ... Richly peopled with a variety of recognisable characters, this novel is a treat from start to finish.' SALLY ZIGMOND, novelist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fictionfire Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50008321261808,"sku":"9780957647411","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780957647411_p0.jpg?v=1784252170","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780957647411","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}