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'Twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems' ALEX MICHAELIDES
'Exhilarating, addictive, fierce' BRIDGET COLLINS
'A psychological thriller you can't put down' HARLAN COBEN
'Dark, Gothic, and propulsively readable' RUTH WARE
'A dark and richly enjoyable novel that already feels like a classic' ELLY GRIFFITHS

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Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules.

It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls.

Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. Barely forty, she is just starting to reap the harvest of her ambition. As the new regime takes on the old guard, the ground shifts. And with it, the remains of a body are discovered.

But Rebecca is here to make her mark. She'll bury the past so deep it will evade even her own memory, just like she has done before. After all...

You can't keep a good woman down.

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Praise for Joanne Harris's other books set in the St Oswald's world:

'A masterpiece of misdirection' Val McDermid
'Delivers an almighty twist . . . brilliantly atmospheric ' The Times
'[A] gripping psychological thriller . . . Harris is one of our most accomplished novelists' Daily Express
'[A] delicious black comedy' Daily Mail

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4 Aug. 2021
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"Harris keeps the suspense high all the way to the exhilarating ending. This spectacular feat of storytelling will seduce the reader from page one."-- "Publishers Weekly (starred)" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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From the prize-winning No.1 bestselling author Joanne Harris comes an explosive psychological thriller about a woman who is intent on tearing apart the elite world that tried to hold her back . . . piece by piece. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08Y7M4X55
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orion (4 Aug. 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2123 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 438 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1409170829

Best Sellers Rank: 2,282 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 260 in Psychological Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- 291 in Psychological Thrillers (Books)
- 688 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)

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Joanne Harris is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of eighteen novels, plus novellas, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and most recently, a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and is Chair of the Society of Authors.

Her hobbies are listed in Who's Who as 'mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion'. She is active on Twitter, where she writes stories and gives writing tips as @joannechocolat; she posts weekly writing seminars on YouTube; she performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band; and she works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire.

She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.

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MusicLover

Needs the backstory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 August 2021

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I have just started my second reading of this excellent story. When I first began to read, about a week ago, I quickly realised that I needed to go back to the previous instalment of this intriguing series: Different Class. I have enjoyed all the St Oswalds books but feel that they build one on another. Since it is five years since Different Class was published, readers may not be au fait with the essential background to A Narrow Door and its quirky characters. I now look forward to finding out what happened next to Straitley et al. (Having now reached the end of the story, I thought I would add a couple more points. The book is a mix of several genres. Its has elements of magic, as in Chocolat and Red Shoes, and of the earlier St Oswalds mysteries. I found the dual voices and timelines a little confusing, as were all the nicknames, and I missed Staightley's honesty and humour. There was rather a lot of la Buckfast, whose voice I found a little woke at times. The book seemed rather long to me and I would have liked an earlier denouement.)

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Gripping

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2021

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This is the fourth book set the fictional town of Malbry and the third set at St Oswald's, proceeded by Gentlemen and Players, Blueeyedboy and Different Class. I’ve read and loved the other books and was looking forward to seeing what happened at the grand old school next, what nastiness dwells in the dark corridors this time around. This time, the ancient tradition the school and the masters have kept close to their heart are in disarray because there’s a woman in charge and girls are allowed to attend for the first time. The St Oswald's of the previous books is being torn down brick by brick and shaped into something new. Rebecca’s plan are scuppered when a body is found on the grounds, linking the pain and secrets of her past with now and her worst memories resurface.

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Lizanne Lloyd

Fascinating account of a troubled woman

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2021

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It is 2006 and once again Roy Straitley, ageing classics master at St Oswald’s school, has to deal with major changes. He respects La Buckfast, as he calls her, but can’t stop himself calling her Headmaster. His “Brodie Boys” have moved up the school ladder but they still seek him out as their mentor. They have spotted something suspicious on the construction site of the new school building. Of course, Roy consults his Head before approaching the police, but this causes Rebecca Buckfast to begin telling him the story of her earlier life in small intriguing episodes.
Rebecca is an unreliable witness. She describes the mysterious disappearance from St Oswald’s of her 14-year-old brother, Conrad, when she was only 5. The frightening experience left her confused. What did she witness? As she describes her teaching career, fighting the prejudice against a woman in the nearby King Henry’s boys’ school, we can’t help admiring her, especially meeting resistance from her soon to be husband, Dominic, who would prefer her to teach with him at the local Comprehensive. We learn that Dominic also has secrets and despite his declining health, Roy Straitley looks forward to learning more.
The classical references to the rivers of the underworld in the book’s sections lead us towards Hades. Threads of deceit and confusion gradually reveal what happened all those years ago. Will the truth ever be revealed and how will the relationship between Roy and Rebecca develop? I found the epilogue particularly pleasing. Another masterpiece by Joanne Harris.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2021

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This last, darkest and most considered episode of the St. Oswald’s trilogy is also by far my favourite.
I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler to reveal that in this volume we find dear old Mr. Straitley’s star fading fast, from the beginning you feel that he is soon to be incorporated into the fabric of the building, from where he may continue to add the odd ghostly tang of an illicit gaulois to the pervasive aroma of mice, chalk dust and biscuity testosterone that has always haunted his beloved bell tower.
No, the “action” (such as it is) is dominated by la Buckfast, a sneaky, unreliable and all the more scary for being wounded, villain. Incapable of the tenderer human emotions, driven almost entirely by ambition and revenge she is a disturbingly convincing character, yet written with such clear cut sympathy and understanding!
Put yourself in my position, an aging alumnus of an old fashioned boy’s grammar school, an obvious beneficiary of all “the patriarchy” has to offer. Would I accept a hot beverage offered by Joanne Harris? ………… I’d think twice about it. Buckfast is so real that one really does question whether she could be entirely invented. A true Moriarty to set off Straitley's Holmes.

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aurorah

Straits is back!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2021

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Of all Harris's varied works, I have most enjoyed her novels set in St Ozzie's with their charming and witty hero, latin master Roy Straightly. So I was thrilled to discover a brand new installment. This one delivered much: clever plot, atmospheric setting in both past and present narrative threads, and the continued pleasure of spending time with RS. It remains a 5 star review and I havs the greatest admiration and respect for ths author, but I felt a lack of present day action. This compares lesss favourably, for me, to the previous books. On which matter, I would definitely advise reading the first 2 books - it isnt essential but will enhance your enjoyment of this one. And leave you with the feeling I have of spending time with a dear old friend.

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casita

Is there a British English version of this book?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2021

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I love Joanne Harris' books, but this is the first I've read in Kindle. I'm finding it incredibly irritating to find this essentially very English book by an English author translated for the benefit of American readers who clearly can't possibly cope with anything even slightly unfamiliar. So we have to believe that an English child of the 1970s would call her mother Mom, or eat a "candy-apple" or have a satchel the size of a purse - or that a public school master would wear a "robe" rather than a dressing gown etc etc etc. It's really spoiling my enjoyment of a very good story. So two stars - despite the otherwise excellent writing. Sorry Joanne.

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