Captivity »

This masterful historical novel by Deborah Noyes, the lauded author of Angel & Apostle, The Ghosts of Kerfol, and Encyclopedia of the End (starred PW) is two stories: The ...

The Barnes & Noble Review

Noyes wisely never lets the reader in on the mechanics of the fakery, neither does she leave us in doubt that it really was all a sham, a child’s game spun out of control. The novel isn’t concerned with the actual hocus-pocus of the clairvoyant sessions, but focuses on the tattered psyches of all the girls -- Maggie, Kate, Leah, and especially Clara as her life intersects with the Foxes. Soon, she too will be opening like a flower -- though in a much different way than the spiritual charlatans. Captivity takes its time building the backstory of all the characters, but once the shimmer of the book’s prose folds into the tension of the plot, the book becomes an unstoppable force, culminating in an unforgettable séance with Clara.