She’s all alone in an ancient abbey alive with old secrets and a family who are not quite as they seem. My Granny is a Pirate (2012) Mitteilukirjandus. Turrets and creaking doors there may be, but in the depths of the Scottish Borders Cat is isolated from the outside world, with no phone signal and no internet. juunil 1955 Kirkcaldys Fifei regioonis) on oti kriminaalromaanikirjanik, kelle looming kuulub nn Tartan Noir krimianri. But this heroine is not so easily deterred, especially when she’s singled out by the Tilney family to stay with them at their imposing gothic castle, Northanger Abbey. But if Cat can tear her eyes away from the page, she’s in for a shock: the very stuff of her dreams is about to come true.Īn invite to the Edinburgh Festival from some wealthy neighbours throws her in the way of a mysterious young man, Henry Tilney a like-minded friend, Isabella Thorpe and her odious brother, who threatens to ruin Cat’s chances of adventure. To cope, she devours as many novels as possible, especially anything supernatural. Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey.įor Cat Morland life being home-schooled in Dorset is unendurably ordinary. The real world outside the pages of a novel proves to be altogether more disturbing than the imagined world within.Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid. On a straightforward level, she transposes the Gothic novels of Austen’s book with the novels of the Twilight series.

Cat's imagination runs riot: an ancient abbey, crumbling turrets, secret chambers, ghosts.and Henry! What could be more deliciously romantic? But Cat gets far more than she bargained for in this isolated corner of the Scottish Borders. McDermid has taken possession of Northanger Abbey. The rigidly formal General Tilney invites her to stay at Northanger with son Henry and daughter Eleanor. But with Bella comes her brother John, an obnoxious banker whose vulgar behaviour seems designed to thwart Cat's growing fondness for Henry. And an introduction to Bella Thorpe, who shares her passion for supernatural novels, provides Cat with a like-minded friend. A Highland Dance class, though, brings Cat a new acquaintance: Henry Tilney, a pale, dark-eyed gentleman whose family home, Northanger Abbey, sounds perfectly thrilling. Edinburgh initially offers no such thrills: Susie Allen is obsessed by shopping, Andrew Allen by the Fringe. So when Cat's wealthy neighbours, the Allens, invite her to Edinburgh Festival, she is sure adventure beckons.

Seventeen-year-old Catherine 'Cat' Morland has led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, a life entirely bereft of the romance and excitement for which she yearns.

Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey. Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid.

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