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You Let Me In

By: Camilla Bruce
Narrated by: Claire Rushbrook
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Eccentric, infamous and exceedingly wealthy, the romantic novelist Cassandra Tipp has, it seems, vanished.
In her large, rambling house sits a pile of paper addressed to her niece and nephew. It is a letter. Cassie has been a murder suspect twice in her life. Her family have long been convinced of her guilt. Could the letter be her confession? Or might it be her last will and testament? It turns out to be not quite what anyone expected . . .

Instead of any indication of remorse, the letter tells two extraordinary and darkly disturbing stories. One is of their aunt’s life-long relationship with a creature called Pepper-Man - a tale of bloody nights and magical gifts, of children lost to the woods, of husbands made from twigs and leaves and sticks and stones. The other story is that of an abused little girl growing crooked in the shadows. Which story should the niece and nephew believe? And where is Cassie now? Dead in a ditch, or gone from this world . . . and into another?

You Let Me In is at once the tale of a faerie seduction and a story about an abused child. Crossing the boundaries between magic and reality, we are shown our world, judgemental and cruel, and offered glimpses of another, dark and very different place that is hidden to most of us. Both stories might be true. Both stories end in murder . . .

©2020 Camilla Bruce (P)2020 Penguin Audio
Crime Fiction Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Ghosts Horror Magic Psychological Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Scary Crime Haunted Paranormal Heartfelt Mind-bending

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Critic reviews

This might be the best book I've read all year . . . creepy, pagan, detailed, entrancing. I loved it. (JOANNE HARRIS, author of Chocolat and The Strawberry Thief)
Smart, creepy . . . glittering and menacing . . . deliciously terrifying. (Laird Hunt)
Exploring the darker side of fairytales, it inhabits that liminal space where folklore and horror collide. A worrying tale where reality is filtered through the unreal, and the rational rubs shoulders with the supernatural, this is a beguiling story of love and revenge. (LUCIE McKNIGHT HARDY, author of Water Shall Refuse Them)
Bruce's spooky novel is lascivious and bloody, a tale of sexual awakening and dark desires that wreathes its leafy tendrils seductively around you, then tightens them until they start to strangle. (James Lovegrove)
Dark and immersive; a feast of storytelling that lingers long after the last morsel's been consumed. (SAM LLOYD, author of The Memory Wood)
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Magnificent! Eerie and magical, this story captivated me from the very beginning and I couldn't put it down. Brilliantly descriptive, I could see and feel the characters and they get right under your skin. The narration is also excellent. I can't recommend this book enough!

Eerie and captivating

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to be honest, had I read the description thoroughly I probably wouldn't have downloaded this as the subject isn't my cup of tea. I just like faery stories with tricksy strange folk. But i am so glad I did. The narration was perfect and the story itself excellent. I found myself in love with cassandras faery tale but then ripped backed to reality time and again by the little bread crumbs. incredibly absorbing. I haven't devoured an audiobook like this in a long time.

loved

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Fantastic book, couldnt stop listening to it and really well voiced. One you will think about for a while after finishing!

Brilliant

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REALLY enjoyed this book. It's like a very dark adult fairytale. Excellent narration. Kept me interested from the first word till the last. Outstanding.

Something different.

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Wow. This book has immediately made my top shelf of all time favourite reads. I stumbled across it whilst looking for inspiration for a new book and (much like the protagonist herself) was tempted in with promises of faeries and darkness - or did we even have a choice?

A masterpiece of suggestion, fantasy and psychology, this book dances exquisitely along the line of fact and fiction, mesmerising the reader with subtle clues and revelations as the story unfolds. The framing of an unreliable narrator reaching out to the descendants of her broken family is inspired, particularly as we, like the niece and nephew, are also constantly questioning Cassandra's account and considering whether the acclaimed writer is indeed telling the strange and impossible truth, or attempting to manipulate us from beyond the grave or reality itself.

However, don't be fooled into thinking this is purely a fantasy story. In Cassandra's world of the mystical fairy mound and the sinister 'Pepper Man', exists a story brutally founded in reality; a story of violence, lies and cruelty. Its beautifully crafted passages describing water nymphs and flower crowns are juxtaposed by harrowing accounts of a vulnerable little girl, lost, alone and crying out for love.

Sensational storytelling

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