#booktour Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone

 


Publisher: Penguin

Length: 320 Pages

Age/Genre: Adult Thriller

Publishing: 20th April 2021

ISBN: 9781982136352


Blurb

Twelve years ago my life began again.

But it was a lie.

With the startling twists of Gone Girl and the haunting emotional power of Room, Mirrorland is the story of twin sisters, the man they both love, and the dark childhood they can’t leave behind.

Cat lives in Los Angeles, about as far away as she can get from her estranged twin sister El and No. 36 Westeryk Road, the imposing gothic house in Edinburgh where they grew up. As girls, they invented Mirrorland, a dark, imaginary place under the pantry stairs full of pirates, witches, and clowns. These days Cat rarely thinks about their childhood home, or the fact that El now lives there with her husband Ross.

But when El mysteriously disappears after going out on her sailboat, Cat is forced to return to the grand old house, which has scarcely changed in twenty years. No. 36 Westeryk Road is still full of shadowy, hidden corners, and at every turn Cat finds herself stumbling on long-held secrets and terrifying ghosts from the past. Because someone—El?—has left Cat clues all over the house: a treasure hunt that leads right back to Mirrorland, where she knows the truth lies crouched and waiting…

A sharply crafted mystery about love and betrayal, redemption and revenge, Mirrorland is a propulsive, page-turning debut about the power of imagination and the price of freedom. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, Ruth Ware, and Daphne du Maurier.


Review


⭐⭐⭐⭐

When Cat finds out that her identical twin sister El is missing she flys back to the UK from the US, she doesn't believe that her sister is dead because being a twin she'd feel it. They always felt the others fears or sickness. So she knows she has to still be alive, even if it's been 12 years since they saw and spoke to each other.

So it is back to the house that Cat thought she would never see again, the house from their childhood, their first life. The house that holds so many memories, and nightmares. The house that has Mirrorland. Mirrorland the place that they could be free and let their imagination take flight. The house now the home of El and her husband Ross.

Cat came back, someone knew she would. The letters come and the emails that send her one a chase around the house, looking for clues. Old diary entries, which help Cat in facing  her memories and discovering secrets that she hid from her self and truths she never suspected.

 What a twisty little book. Mirrorland takes ahold of you and will not let you go. My intrigue was held from the opening page. It will suck you in and you let's you escape the real world, I didn't even notice the time go by I was that lost in the story.

Twist and turns, some I guessed right away, but others I didn't see at all. 

I really enjoyed the story, suspense and the atmosphere makes this the perfect way to spend an afternoon.

Carole Johnstone, made me feel like I was in that house. I'm not sure I want to be there, at least not with the Bluebeard or the Tooth Fairy, The Witch or Blackbeard.

Well written and imaginative. 

The end wasn't what I was expecting it took me by surprise.

 Mirrorland was much darker and sinister than I even thought, a modern gothic thriller.

I look forward to reading more of the authors works.


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Let's meet the author:



Carole Johnstone is an award-winning writer from Scotland, whose short stories have been published all over the world. Mirrorland, a psychological suspense with a gothic twist, is her debut novel.

Having grown up in Lanarkshire, she now lives in the beautiful Argyll & Bute, and is currently working on her second novel: a very unusual murder-mystery, set in the equally beautiful Outer Hebrides.

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