{"product_id":"a-morbid-passion-by-robert-holtom-copy","title":"Rotten Heart by Kat Dunn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE UNMISSABLE NEW SAPPHIC GOTHIC HORROR NOVEL FROM KAT DUNN, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHUNGERSTONE \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBITTERTHORN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRevenge me. For I am murdered . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOdette and Cecilia are young women, living between their grand homes in Hampstead and the imposing, ancient Herne House in Suffolk. Though Odette's artist mother Lydia keeps a tight grasp on her, she and her beloved Cecilia are mostly left free to roam, to learn and to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Lydia inexplicably sickens and dies, a dark veil falls. As the funeral rites are performed, Odette's aunt, the cold and implacable Claudine, increasingly takes charge of the household, while her father retreats to his study. Odette, lost in grief, disappears into the shadows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Claudine is announced as Odette's new stepmother, a sinister presence in the house makes itself known. To her horror, Odette realises that despite her death, Lydia never really left. And now she wants revenge . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInspired by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHamlet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, the ultimate revenge tragedy,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRottenheart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the stunning new sapphic gothic horror novel from Kat Dunn, the lauded author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHungerstone\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBitterthorn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e. Set in the 1890s, this a story of love and grief, mothers and daughters, death and madness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardback \/ Pages 460\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58314865181053,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/71WN4pkQi_L._SY466.jpg?v=1782308112","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.co.uk\/products\/a-morbid-passion-by-robert-holtom-copy","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}