Showing results for "Gothic" in 20th Century

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters to steal their money, but money is hard to come...

Brought to you by Penguin. A powerful and spine-tingling gothic tale exploring mother-daughter relationships, sexuality, and class. There are some facts about the world that only your mother can teach you. Marguerite had been confined for the sake of her wellbeing. That’s what her mother had...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'We are cursed, here at Harfold, whether you believe in it or not.' 1922, Wiltshire. When Vee Morgan accepts the job of gardener at a crumbling stately home, she's hoping for a fresh start where nobody knows her troubled history. But Harfold Manor is shadowed by grief...

Brought to you by Penguin. Some houses keep their secrets. This one keeps its dead. The dark, atmospheric Southern gothic ghost story longlisted for Goodreads’ Horror Book of the Year 2024 Louisiana, 1962. The Duchon estate looms over New Orleans, a crumbling relic of Southern charm. Its walls...

'A gothic tale with a powerful sense of place and an eerie atmosphere' The Sunday Times, Best New Historical Fiction Picks 'A heady, entertaining brew...asks questions about guilt, superstition, desire, power, and historical inheritance' Scotland on Sunday It is 1962, and Marta Khoury, a...