The chimney bricks are set in patterns of squares, diamonds, and even twisted spirals.… The crooked roof, dotted with pincushions of green moss, overhangs the dark little windows. In a good way, if you like creepy books!īarraclough’s descriptive skill sets it all up and keeps the feeling of awful, crawling tension going. To be more succinct: this is one creepy book. The novel isn’t exactly a Gothic that is, it doesn’t tightly fit the dictionary definition but it definitely feels like one in many ways. From clues in the text, I believe it is set a few years after World War II, but events that happened in World War I are also important to the story, even though they happened before the young narrators were born. As an adult reader, I did not feel the book would solely appeal to younger readers. Long Lankin is Lindsey Barraclough’s debut, a historical suspense novel intended for a young adult audience. Along with Roger and Peter, two village boys, Cora must uncover the horrifying truth that has held Bryers Guerdon in its dark grip for centuries-before it’s too late for little Mimi. But what they don’t know is that their aunt’s life was devastated the last time two young sisters were at Guerdon Hall, and she is determined to protect her nieces from an evil that has lain hidden for years.
Auntie Ida is eccentric and rigid, and the girls are desperate to go back to London. When Cora and her younger sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their elderly aunt in the isolated village of Bryers Guerdon, they receive a less than warm welcome. Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough is a historical Gothic young adult mystery (available July 10, 2012).
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