A deliciously Gothic and atmospheric novel, one for fans of Susan Hill
and Andrew Michael Hurley
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'A writer who never ceases to surprise' **Jenny Offill, author of
*Weather
****'Vivid, atmospheric and utterly compelling' Bridget Collins,
author of The Binding
On a November evening in Victorian London, the moneyed but listless
Edward Monteith stokes the fire at his local gentlemen's club, listening
to stories of supernatural experiences and theories of life after
death.
His curiosity leads him to a séance, where he falls under the spell of a
beautiful flower seller. But Victorian society does not look kindly on
love between a gentleman of means and a Romani girl, and when he faces
being cut off by his family, Edward makes a decision with horrifying
consequences.
Two years later Edward is married and anticipating the birth of his
first child, in a beautiful house lined with orange blossom trees. But
the wrongs of the past are not so easily forgotten, and the boundary
between the living and the dead begins to thin...
A deliciously chilling Gothic novel, The Bone Flower is a deeply human
story about guilt, betrayal and the cruelty of social expectations.
A dark, uncanny love story from the author of Polari prize-shortlisted
Prodigal and The Children's Home, The Bone Flower will delight fans
of Edward Carey and Essie Fox.
