As Harry's interest in Simone grows, the story branches into several separate tales: in addition to Harry's present-day investigation, there is the story of another set of conjoined twins, Viola and Sorrel Quinton, born in London 80 years earlier Simone's own history with her twin, Sonia, and her mother, Melissa, dating to the 1980s and the parallel plot of a novel that Harry uncovers during his research, The Ivory Gate, published in the 1900s. Rayne writes in a semiformal style that evokes turn-of-the-last-century England and lends the novel an appropriately gothic atmosphere.
Well-drawn characters reveal themselves through thoughts and actions more than dialogue, as Rayne favors extensive narration over banter.
Still, Rayne has crafted a memorable novel with the right mix of suspense, horror and emotion. (May)Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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