Bridget Collins
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Sarah Waters, Helene Wecker, and Jessie Burton, an atmospheric and mystery-laden historical novel set within a magical world where books are not stories but the repository of individual lives. Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder--a vocation that arouses fear, superstition, and prejudice amongst their small...
Author
Language
English
Description
At Montverre, an exclusive academy tucked away in the mountains, the best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu: an arcane and mysterious contest. Léo Martin was once a student there, but lost his passion for the grand jeu following a violent tragedy. Now he returns in disgrace, exiled to his old place of learning with his political career in tatters.
Publisher
Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Mucho antes de que Charles Dickens y Henry James popularizaran la tradición del horror sobrenatural, las oscuras noches de invierno han sido un momento para que la gente se reúna bajo el parpadeo de la luz de las velas y experimente la emoción embriagadora de un cuento espeluznante. Ahora, ocho autores galardonados y de gran éxito de ventas, todos ellos maestros narradores de lo siniestro y lo macabro, dan vida a la tradición en una nueva y fascinante...
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Long before Charles Dickens and Henry James popularized the tradition of supernatural horror, the shadowy nights of winter have been a time for people to gather together by the flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating thrill of a spooky tale. Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors--all of them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre--bring the tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling...