The House on Vesper Sands (Hardcover)

from vernefan

A riveting page turner, The House On Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell is a Victorian Gothic suspense thriller reminiscent of the writings of Wilkie Collins. I found the story very evocative of the times; rich in period detail and dipped in an eerie atmosphere of a slightly paranormal entity mixed...

from brangwinn

This isn't your standard Victorian Gothic novel, part mystery, part fantasy. When a seamstress falls to her death a police investigation is launched and a newspaper woman, a theology student and a determined, brusque police detective are sent into a hunt for men who are turning women into ghosts....

from EllenH

A nice combination of mystery, victorian, and a little supernatural. It had some slower moving bits, with some of the descriptive a little detailed for me, but once I was about 50 pages in, I was hooked. The characters are interesting a balance each other well, so I assume we'll see more of this ...

from tamidale

A very atmospheric Gothic horror story, with fantasy and cozy mystery thrown in, making for an amusing Victorian tale set in 1893 England. The story has a lot in its favor. It grabbed my interest from the start, had engaging characters and although mostly dark, the author managed to inject some ...

from PDCRead

On a bitterly cold night, three seemingly unconnected events happen. Lord Strythe who is being watched by Octavia Hillingdon who thinks she is onto a story, vanishes into the night. In his home, a seamstress who is there to make alterations to a finely crafted gown is locked into the attic room t...