Mirrorland, Carole Johnstone
Mirrorland, Carole Johnstone
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Mirrorland

Author: Carole Johnstone

Narrator: Katie Leung

Unabridged: 11 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/20/2021


Synopsis

“Unnerving.” —People * “Unsettling.” —The New York Times Book Review * “A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination” —Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10

“Beautifully written and told with a watchmaker’s precision” (Stephen King), Mirrorland is a thrilling psychological suspense novel about twin sisters, the man they both love, the house that has always haunted them, and the childhood stories they can’t leave behind.

Cat lives in Los Angeles, far from 36 Westeryk Road, the imposing gothic house in Edinburgh where she and her estranged twin sister, El, grew up. As kids, 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 36 Westeryk Road, which hasn’t changed in twenty years. The grand old house is still full of shadowy 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: a treasure hunt that leads them back to Mirrorland, where the truth lies waiting...

A brilliantly crafted story that “feels like the love child of Gillian Flynn and Stephen King” (Greer Hendricks, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Mirrorland is a propulsive, page-turning debut about love, betrayal, revenge—and the price of freedom.

About Carole Johnstone

Carole Johnstone is the award-winning author of the novels Mirrorland and The Blackhouse. She lives in the Highlands of Scotland, although her heart belongs to the wild islands of the Outer Hebrides.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on November 12, 2021

My brain is on fire! My dear overcooked grey cells burned to ashes! Another stimulating, challenging thriller is out to surprise you with complicated twists! We have an unreliable narrator on the board to tell us a creepy, delusional, blood freezing, complex story with a gothic, bleak, claustrophobi......more

Goodreads review by Farrah on May 31, 2021

I like to read the books that Stephen King suggests, which is why I took a chance with this even though the premise.... ugh.... sounds so unoriginal. ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ. I thought 'oh ho-hum he......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on September 27, 2020

4-5 stars 36 Westeryk Road, Edinburgh contains Mirrorland, the escapist world of mirror twins Ellice (El) and Catriona (Cat) Morgan. Now in their thirties El leads Cat on a treasure hunt to unlock their shocking reality and discover truths. It took me a while to get into this but its draws you into......more

Goodreads review by Rachels_booknook_ on April 26, 2021

Stephen King endorsed this book and I feel betrayed......more

Goodreads review by Susanne on February 17, 2021

Review published on blog: [URL not allowed] Smoke and Mirrors, Fiction and Fantasy. โ€œMirrorland'' is a world created by Identical twins, El and Cat as children growing up in a Manse in Scotland. It's a marvelous, outlandish, and wondrous world where El and Cat could hide, safe f......more