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The Cellar

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by Minette Walters
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/05/2015
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The terrifying new Hammer novella by Minette Walters, bestselling author of The Sculptressand The Scold's Bridle


'Muna's fortunes changed for the better on the day that Mr and Mrs Songoli's younger son failed to come home from school.'

Before then her bedroom was a dark windowless cellar, her activities confined to cooking and cleaning. She'd grown used to being maltreated by the Songoli family; to being a slave.

She's never been outside, doesn't know how to read or write, and cannot speak English.

At least that's what the Songolis believe.

But Muna is far cleverer - and her plans more terrifying - than the Songolis, or anyone else, can ever imagine ...
ISBN:
9780099594642
9780099594642
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-05-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
205x135x27mm
Weight:
0.35kg
Minette Walters

Minette Walters was one of the most successful crime fiction writers in the world.

Published to critical acclaim in over 34 countries, each new novel reached the top of the Australian bestseller lists. Her last novel was The Chameleon's Shadow in 2007.

The Last Hours sees Minette moving in an exciting direction.

She has written an extraordinary historical novel set in 1348, the year the Black Death came to England. Minette lives in Dorset with her husband.

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The Cellar is the thirteenth full-length novel by British author, Minette Walters. Fourteen-year-old Muna’s life changes the day that ten-year-old Abiola fails to return home after school. The presence of the white police detective investigating the disappearance of the Songoli’s youngest son, as well as the family liaison officer and Hausa-speaking interpreter means that Muna is not beaten, abused, dressed in rags and forced to sleep in the cellar.

Muna knows that Yetunde Songoli stole her from the orphanage in their home country, and has lived like a slave to these well-to-do immigrants ever since. She feels the blue eyes of the white woman in trousers looking into her brain and worries she will know what Muna is thinking. Yetunde exhorts her to pretend she is the Songoli’s daughter, and Muna is unsure if she can trust the detective with her own truth, or what might be her fate if she did. The police do not stay forever, but nor does Muna’s life go back to what it was.

Walters once again proves her expertise with the genre of psychological thriller in this tale. There are few characters and the story is not complex, but there are twists and surprises that compel the reader to turn the pages. This is a dark tale, a tale of cruelty and of revenge, and perhaps, of possession. A gripping read. 4.5 stars

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