03578cam a2200457 4500 1271710093 TxAuBib 20240515120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781728281568 1728281563 B0CJGBTS31 Amazon 0a4f91d0-b7da-46a7-bf5b-8e6725a19c4e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10155469 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib van Veen, Johanna. My Darling Dreadful Thing [Libby] : A Novel. Sourcebooks, 2024. gothic horror. Mystery and Suspense. madness. Ghost Stories. supernatural. Gothic. Horror. murder mystery. unreliable narrator. gothic manor. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4239kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Horror. Literature. Romance. HTML:<p><strong>Goodreads Most Anticipated Horror of 2024 | Goodreads Most Anticipated books in May | She Reads Most Anticipated Horror | Polygon Must-Read books of 2024 | Novel Suspects Most anticipated novels 2024</strong></p> <p><strong>"Dark and decadent, with the haunting allure of a true gothic tale, My Darling Dreadful Thing is a sensation that horrifies as acutely as it delights. Johanna Van Veen is a force to be reckoned with and will stain your thoughts a brilliant shade of crimson."</strong>&#160;</p> <p><strong>— Rachel Gillig, New York Times bestselling author of One Dark Window</strong>&#160;</p> <p>Spirits are drawn to salt, be it blood or tears.</p> <p>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.&#160;</p> <p>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.&#160;</p> <p>Then, someone is murdered.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>"A Sapphic séance of preternatural proportions,&#160;My Darling Dreadful Thing&#160;summons a stunning new literary voice to be reckoned with. Johanna van Veen reaches beyond the veil to conjure up a gothic shocker like no other."</strong> —&#160;<strong>Clay McLeod Chapman, author of&#160;What Kind of Mother&#160;and&#160;Ghost Eaters</strong></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-05-14 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0a4f91d0-b7da-46a7-bf5b-8e6725a19c4e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0a4f91d0-b7da-46a7-bf5b-8e6725a19c4e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0a4f91d0-b7da-46a7-bf5b-8e6725a19c4e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)