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My Darling Dreadful Thing

Johanna van Veen

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My Darling Dreadful Thing was named a Goodreads Most Anticipated Horror of 2024, Goodreads Most Anticipated book in May, a She Reads Most Anticipated Horror, a Polygon Must-Read book of 2024, and a Novel Suspects most anticipated novel of 2024. Spirits are drawn to salt, be it blood or tears. Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the light of Roos' life. That is, until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos' backroom seances, and the two strike up a connection. Soon, Roos is whisked away to the crumbling estate Agnes inherited upon the death of her husband, where an ill woman haunts the halls, strange smells drift through the air at night, and mysterious stone statues reside in the family chapel. Something dreadful festers in the manor, but still, the attraction between Roos and Agnes is undeniable. Then, someone is murdered. Poor, alone, and with a history of 'hysterics', Roos is the obvious culprit. With her sanity and innocence in question, she'll have to prove who—or what—is at fault or lose everything she holds dear.

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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
ISBN-13
9781728281568
Topics
Ghosts and hauntingsSapphic romanceMurder mysteryGothic estate secretsSanity and perception

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