Gothic Victorian Mystery

Three novellas to expand and enrich the world of Victorian Gothic: A Spurned Woman follows a reclusive old woman, tired of life. When she is surprised by a young mother, begging help for her stricken child, the old woman reluctantly agrees to return to the village which once wanted to burn her for witchcraft. Bedlam is set between Victorian Gothic Volumes 2 and 3.

The House on Thornhallow Moor (Book One of the Between Heartbeats Series) On the wind-swept cliffs overlooking Blackwater Hollow stands Thornhallow Moor—a house bound by secrets older than the sea. When Clara Wren returns to the neglected Victorian estate of her childhood, she expects memories, perhaps even closure. But the house has waited patiently for her arrival, harboring more than just dust and echoes of the past. Whispers drift through empty rooms, footprints glisten with seawater, and in the shadows stands Silas Vale—a ship’s captain lost to a storm over a century ago. Bound ...

Best Books of 2021 · NPR ALA/The Reading List Best Horror 2021 Pick Longlisted for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2021 From the Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Luminous Dead comes a gothic fantasy horror—The Death of Jane Lawrence. "Narrator Mandy Weston's...

When intelligent but destitute Clara Davenport accepts a position as governess at the imposing Blackmoor Estate, she expects to find little more than stern duties and quiet solitude. Instead, she is drawn to the estate’s brooding master, the enigmatic Earl of Blackmoor, whose dark eyes and guarded heart intrigue her as much as they unsettle her. But whispers of tragedy haunt the grand halls—and Clara is warned never to set foot in the forbidden west wing. Unable to quell her curiosity, she finds herself tangled in the mystery of the Earl’s vanished wife and the secrets he keeps locked...

Jenny Raine, the bookish 19-year-old widow of Sir Richard Raine, is shattered to learn that a distant cousin, Jackson Zephyr, has inherited Cliff House. Zephyr is a career thief who has his eye on one prize: stolen gold from a long-ago heist that was hidden on the property. When his predecessor’s beautiful, strange widow thwarts his plans, Jackson applies pressure to break Jenny’s will and she is forced to reveal a shameful secret. The knowledge gives him power over the young woman until a sinister threat pushes them into a passionate alliance.

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Four victims. One locked room. No way in. No way out. When Mr Gregory Winter agrees to spend a single night in a supposedly haunted shed for a hundred guineas, he’s desperate, in debt, and convinced it’s just a story. By morning, he’s dead—his throat slit, the door locked from the inside. Inspector Featherby is no stranger to murder. But this? This is something else. With each body found in the same chair, in the same impossible conditions, the case becomes a chilling puzzle with no solution. The only link between the victims: a gentleman named Noah Spencer—and a shed with a taste...

Nineteen-year-old Laura Mayhew is the only witness to a sex scandal at Windsor Castle and is committed to Gateshead Insane Asylum to discredit her story. Tanner Caine is a cold, solitary and emotionally damaged ex-naval officer tasked with silencing the girl permanently. Gifted with second sight, Laura has been expecting an assassin for months and sets in motion a bold plan that places the soldier in her power--and she in his.

A dark sorcerer. His widowed apprentice. A Victorian gothic romance for all time. In the midnight fog of Victorian London, the young widow Elizabeth Buckingham was destitute and alone, sustained only by her vow of revenge against whoever—or whatever—caused her Egyptologist husband’s uncanny demise. Everything changes when a mysterious encounter at a fortuneteller shop leads Elizabeth to join the Esoteric Order of Magisophists, a secret society and college of magic.

Bubble, bubble, toil, and murder... When a woman is found dead near her village in Norfolk, the verdict is suicide. Not everyone agrees. Detective James Simpson is ordered to investigate and he brings Agatha Aston, Betty Simpson and Talleyrand the hound, with him. They stumble across a tale of murder that stretches back two centuries. Part occult story, part murder mystery - this creepy tale is steeped in witchcraft and strange rural festivals where everything is not as it seems. The second Agatha Aston murder mystery is full of laughs, twists and things that go bump in the night. Golden ...

A gothic mystery set in Victorian London during the late 19th century. Submerge yourself in the chillingly atmospheric streets of fog-shrouded Victorian London, where *Ghosts of River Hall* weaves a captivating tale of intrigue, love, and spectral whispers. This suspense-laden narrative follows the Craven & Son law firm, gripped by the haunting mystery of "The Cursed House," a property overshadowed by unsettling events and spectral presences. Embrace the relentless tension of a house torn between worlds—a beloved residence and an ominous ghost dwelling by the River Thames. The tale ...

A crumbling manor. A mysterious stepsister. A legacy of blood. When theology student Edmund Hale inherits Highgate Manor in 1845, he expects solemn halls and dusty portraits—not Elizabeth, his enigmatic Hungarian stepsister, and certainly not the rusted iron chair hidden in the cellar. But some inheritances are older—and darker—than bloodlines. The Iron Chair is a chilling gothic short story of legacy, obsession, and the horrors that linger in stone and silence.

There are dark mysteries in Victorian London. Many events do not reach the papers or are misreported, as they appear too strange to be taken seriously. The murky threats are largely ignored. Sherlock Holmes is just beginning his career as a consulting detective, but he puts no stock in the supernatural and attributes everything to natural causes that may be discovered through intellect and an examination of the facts. Addy Spencer used to be of the same mind. At least, until she came to work for Mordecai Black, a private investigator with a self-proclaimed title of “Werewolf for Hire.” ...

A chilling inheritance. A pair of gloves. A deadly compulsion. London, 1847. Francis Letterby inherits £5,000—and a strange condition: he must wear a pair of gloves every evening. But the gloves don’t just fit—they control. As the bodies pile up, Francis must confront the sinister truth behind his uncle’s legacy… and his own.

A werewolf detective. An immortal curse. A race against time through the dark heart of Victorian Europe. Adelaide "Addy" Spencer thought she was applying for a respectable position as a stenographer. Instead, she found herself working for Mordecai Black—London’s most unusual investigator. His sign reads: Mordecai Black, Werewolf for Hire. And in a city teeming with secrets, that’s exactly the sort of expertise some clients desperately need. When a routine investigation at the British National Museum turns deadly, Addy is swept into a world of supernatural danger. Alongside Mordecai, ...

The Monkey's Paw of Essex A new Sherlock Holmes story A mysterious death. A cursed relic. The master detective on the trail of the truth. London, 1890: On a foggy November day, Sherlock Holmes receives a visit from Miss Emma Doyle, housekeeper at Ashcroft Manor in Essex. She reports a mysterious incident: Sir Charles Ashcroft was found dead in his bed – allegedly dying of fear of a cursed monkey paw that he had recently received from an old friend. But something about the story doesn't add up. Sir Charles, who was known for his rationality, showed no signs of panic – on the contrary, ...

A Devil’s Bargain – A Gothic Tale of Love, Curses, and the Shadows That Bind Us There are houses that whisper. Houses that breathe. Houses that remember every soul that ever dared to cross their threshold. Ravenshade Manor is one of them. When Evelina Harrow arrives at the decaying estate, she believes she’s simply settling a family debt. But from the moment she steps inside, the house knows her name. The walls shift when she isn’t looking. Shadows move where no light should be. And then there’s Lucien D’Armand—the cursed and enigmatic lord of Ravenshade, a man who walks the ...

Some truths are spoken in silence. Some love endures without a name. The Master of Dunlowe Abbey A gothic novel of longing and ruin. Perched above the windswept cliffs of North Devon, Dunlowe Abbey looms over a landscape shaped by memory, silence, and the unceasing voice of the sea. Into this solitude arrives Elias Hart, a reserved young tutor burdened by a past he thought he had left behind. Hired to educate the son of Alaric Fielding, master of the remote estate, Elias finds himself increasingly drawn to the man whose presence shadows every corner of the house. As concealed letters ...

Ashcroft Hall breathes again. The house wakes to new voices, new footsteps… and new rituals. Dana Holloway, housemaid and quiet shadow of the great estate, has perfected the art of silence. Her tea is flawless. Her hands are steady. Her record—spotless. Until the arrival of young Felix Weatherby, a boy with bright eyes, a sketchbook, and an unhealthy fascination with the woman behind the silver tray. As Dana’s control begins to slip, a second voice whispers from the shadows of her mind—and the silver pendant at her throat tightens like a noose. The rituals must continue. The second ...

Not all ghosts linger in graveyards. Some wait in chairs, behind doors… listening. London, 1862. Desperate for work, Nicholas Bale takes a position reading aloud to an elderly recluse in a shadowy house on Greystone Lane. The task is simple: two hours a day, six days a week. The pay is generous. The employer, Mr Humphry Jones, is frail but polite. But something is wrong. The books are not ordinary volumes—they are ancient, filled with occult rites and forgotten names. The house hums with silence too deep for comfort. And as the days pass, Nicholas begins to question the nature of his ...