StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too.
The Death of Jane Lawrence
by Caitlin Starling
Gothic/Fantasy/Horror
From The StoryGraph:
Jane Shoringfield sees the world in numbers, patterns, and logical projections, and by her math, she needs one thing above all else: a husband who wants a marriage of convenience. At the top of her list is Augustine Lawrence, a young, reclusive doctor. He agrees to her proposal, with only one requirement: she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his ancestral, crumbling house several miles out of town. He is compelled to return there each time the sun sets, despite night calls and ailing patients, but Jane must never accompany him. He says it’s just because of disrepair brought on by a country doctor’s salary, but on their wedding night, an accident brings her to his door past sundown and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a confused, fearful man.
By morning, Augustine is himself again, but something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall. At night, strange figures stalk the halls, and Jane catches glimpses of a beautiful red-eyed woman in the mirrors and windows of the house. Augustine claims she was a patient of his who died two years before, but unexpected house guests tell a different story: her name was Elodie Lawrence, and Augustine believes he killed her.
Soon, Jane is fighting for her sanity and her life, drawn into a world of secret societies, theoretical mathematics, impossible magic, and rituals gone wrong. And now that the secrets of Lindridge Hall have met her, they’re not about to let her go.
I don’t usually pay attention to the emails I get from places like Barnes and Noble, but this showed up in an email advertisement the other day, and because it’s October and because I like Gothic novels, it caught my eye and I added it to my TBR right away. I won’t get to it in October, but I’m fine with reading it over the winter.
Traveling in Books 
I’m hit or miss with the Barnes emails. Sometimes they’re spot on…mainly they’re bleh.
I’m listening to this right now and it’s really good so far. Very atmospheric!
I usually just delete their emails, but I think this said ‘Gothic’ in the subject line, and I had to look.
Good to hear! Eerie atmosphere is half of what I’m looking for in a Gothic novel.
It also depends n which book they’re basing the recommend on. If I loved a book, I’ll pay closer attention
They’re really good at recommending things I bought for other people, or on books I bought two years ago.
They’re good for my husband, but he tends to read the exact same book every time…
This is is on my TBR, as well. And Kristin’s mention of listening caused me to check that out and put the audio version in my wish list. I do like the sound of the narration, her voice seems to fit a gothic story.
This is on my TBR. I was hoping to read it this month, but I may have started too many books at once.