Black Rabbit Hall (Chase) - Book Reviews

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A house, not a person, is the star of Chase’s debut novel—an ivy-covered country estate in Cornwall. Required Reading
New York Post


Like the setting of Robert Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Chase’s novel is lovely, dark and deep. But if you start it after sunset, you’ll likely have hours to go before you sleep. And when you awake, you might find that you have dreamed of Black Rabbit Hall again.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
 

A gorgeously written novel describing the love and affection that hold families together and the powerful forces that can tear them apart.
Huffington Post


[A] leisurely paced modern British gothic.... [Lorna's] exposé of the family secrets paves the way to the upbeat resolution. Chase deserves high marks for her atmospheric setting and vivid prose, and fans of old-fashioned gothic stories will find this a winner.
Publishers Weekly


(Starred review.) Pencraw Hall...is still inhabited by the elderly former matron, Mrs. Alton, who is...desperate for money to maintain the residence...allows Lorna to tease out information about the house and the family's tragic past. Verdict: Chase's heart-wrenching first novel is equal parts romance, mystery, and historical fiction. —Jennifer Funk, McKendree Univ. Lib., Lebanon, IL
Library Journal


For fans of Kate Morton and Daphne du Maurier, Black Rabbit Hall is an obvious must-read, but it is sure to please any reader who delights in devilishly thrilling dramas.... There is a dreamy quality to the writing that gives the novel the tenor of a Gothic fairy tale, and although there is a sense of malice and danger that thrums beneath it all, Chase’s achingly beautiful investigation of her characters’ inner lives results in a story that is haunting rather than scary.
BookPage


Debut novelist Chase weaves together Lorna's investigations with Amber's tribulations, a tapestry embroidered with madness, a horrifying accident, and malicious lies. Compellingly readable and riddled with twists and turns worthy of Daphne du Maurier, Chase's tale will delight fans of romantic mysteries.
Kirkus Reviews