
My Darling Dreadful Thing : A Novel
by Johanna van Veen
Title:
My Darling Dreadful Thing : A Novel
Author:
Johanna van Veen
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
416 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781464227677
EAN:
9781464227677
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
412
Dimensions (mm):
128 x 197 x 29
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
*** Winner of the British Fantasy Awards Best Horror Novel 2025 ***If the dead can wake and walk among us, how can we know what is truly real?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.











