<div>What evil lies within a family&rsquo;s secret history? &ldquo;A first-class creeper, a literary ghost story in the Victorian tradition&rdquo; by the author of The S&eacute;ance (The Boston Globe). Timid, solitary librarian Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal, Alice, and a story he found hidden in his mother&rsquo;s drawer years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at his mother&rsquo;s role in a sinister crime. And as he discovers more of Viola&rsquo;s chilling tales, he realizes that they might hold the key to finding Alice and unveiling his family&rsquo;s mystery. But upon returning to his ancestral home in England, Gerard finds that the stories-within-stories of his past begin to blur the lines between fact, fiction, and fantasy. They&rsquo;re also driving him so deep into the dark that he might not be able to see what&rsquo;s right in front of him until it&rsquo;s too late. &ldquo;A haunting literary gothic&rdquo; (Booklist) that has earned extraordinary critical acclaim, this novel is &ldquo;a Victorian ghost story that honors the likes of Dickens and Henry James . . . A smart, stylish and mesmerizing book&rdquo; (The Washington Post Book World). &ldquo;Intricate and engrossing. . . . One ghoulishly absorbing read.&rdquo; &mdash;Entertainment Weekly</div>

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The Ghost Writer

<div>In this &ldquo;deliciously spooky&rdquo; Victorian Gothic, a woman&rsquo;s past could be the death of her&mdash;if she can remember it (The New York Times Book Review). Confused and disoriented, Georgina Ferrars awakens in a small room in Tregannon House, a remote asylum in England, with no memory of the past few weeks. The doctor, Maynard Straker, tells her that she admitted herself under the name Lucy Ashton, then suffered a seizure. When she insists he has mistaken her for someone else, Dr. Straker sends a telegram to her uncle. The reply is chilling: Georgina Ferrars is safe at home with him in London. Suddenly her voluntary confinement becomes involuntary. Who is the woman in her uncle&rsquo;s house? Which woman is the imposter? From a cliffside cottage on the Isle of Wight to the secret passages of the asylum, the perilous quest for answers draws Georgina only deeper into a web of hidden family ties on which her survival, and her sanity, depend. &ldquo;Redolent with a sense of foreboding . . . A splendid read!&rdquo; &mdash;Historical Novel Society, Editors&rsquo; Choice &ldquo;Readers are guaranteed a thoroughly diverting time in Harwood&rsquo;s not-to-be-trusted hands.&rdquo; &mdash;The Independent &ldquo;Harwood, master of creeping Victorian horror, does it again. . . . Twisted in every sense of the word.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

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<div>&ldquo;An electrifying Victorian ghost story&rdquo; from the International Horror Guild Award-winning author of The Asylum (The Seattle Times). &ldquo;Sell the Hall unseen; burn it to the ground and plow the earth with salt, if you will; but never live there . . .&rdquo; Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for Constance&rsquo;s sister, the child she lost. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a s&eacute;ance: perhaps she will find comfort from beyond the grave. But the meeting has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life. So begins The S&eacute;ance, John Harwood&rsquo;s brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains&mdash;and murder. For Constance&rsquo;s bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared at Wraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation. Now the Hall belongs to Constance. And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of the Wraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life. &ldquo;Harwood has written a true gothic, and invented a supremely creepy house to stage it in.&rdquo;&mdash;Salon &ldquo;Wilkie Collins would be proud: this is a Victorian world of mesmerism and spirits, vapours and delirium, doomed inheritances, shivery maids and spooky visitations in the night.&rdquo;&mdash;Times (UK) &ldquo;Perfect fare for a standard dark and stormy night.&rdquo;</div>

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