The Fascination - June 2023 PREM1ER EditionThe estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenaged twin sisters, leading them into a web of dark obsessions. A dazzlingly dark gothic novel from the bestselling author of The Sonambulist Mysterious, sometimes shocking, full of surprises and twists brimming with Victorian wonders! Sean Lusk Essie Fox follows in the footsteps of Angela Carter and AS Byatt with an adult fairy tale that delves into the

she has found love and perhaps a sort of happiness

is a dazzling fantasy set in modern London

having returned to the island of her childhood

Horatio Hornblower

a genengineered ex-soldier himself

charming and moving' Tatiana de Rosnay

And why were Hurtado and his wife chosen as the repository of these documents

Accompanied by Rainy Gill

A coroner's inquest gives a verdict of 'natural causes' but the gossip surrounding him refuses to go away

When Minnie turns twelve

There is a blur of red inside her mouth

broods bitterly over their father's apparent preference for a bastard son