HARDBACK. DEMY. TPS: 216x135mm (+3mm boards)
‘Intricately plotted, seductive and sinister’ NAOMI KELSEY, author of The Burnings
Carmella Lowkis grew up in Wiltshire and has a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick. After graduating, she worked in libraries, before moving into book marketing. Her debut novel, Spitting Gold, was published in 2024. Carmella lives in North London with her fiancée. You can follow her on X and Instagram @carmellalowkis.
‘Atmospheric and delicious . . . Carmella Lowkis has done it again with this deeply satisfying and gothic stunner’ ALLY WILKES, author of All the White Spaces
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‘Wonderfully vivid . . . a real page-turner’ ELODIE HARPER, author of The Temple of Fortuna
‘Compelling and atmospheric’ SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, author of Pandora
‘A sparkling gothic debut’ ANNA MAZZOLA, author of The Clockwork Girl
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EMMA HINDS, author of The Knowing
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‘Carmella Lowkis has a true talent for the creeping gothic’
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‘We are cursed, here at Harfold, whether you believe in it or not . . .’
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1922, Wiltshire.
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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.
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But Harfold Manor is shadowed by grief and the memories of long-faded glory, its rooms haunted by the only surviving member of the family, Lady Arabella Lascy. Vee is fascinated by her enigmatic new employer, a woman obsessed with the curse she believes has killed her family one by one. A curse that is coming for her next. As Vee immerses herself in the world of Harfold, she finds herself increasingly entranced by Arabella and the secrets that poison her. But Vee has her own things to hide: secrets that caused her to flee Cardiff, secrets that estranged her from her own family, secrets that might finally catch up to her . . .
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Jacket design and illustration by Katie Tooke Author photograph by Ashley Rose
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‘Twisty, erotic, atmospheric’ ‘Full of rich gothic decay’ JOHANNA VAN VEEN
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