A Lullaby for Witches

Margaret Harlowe grows up in a well-off New England family and never fits into its drawing rooms and parlors. The woods and wild cliffs around the family estate draw her instead, and there she cultivates an uncanny power. Rumors of witchcraft follow her, and her gift starts to tangle with something darker.

One hundred and fifty years later, Augusta Podos takes what she thinks is a dream job at Harlowe House. The home once belonged to a wealthy New England family and is now a small museum in Tynemouth, Massachusetts.

While working there, Augusta comes across a faint reference to a Harlowe daughter who has almost been erased from the historical record. She cannot leave the puzzle alone. The deeper she digs, the more she disturbs a sinister force that has lain dormant, one that links the two women through blood and across the centuries.

This is a gothic mystery told across two timelines, with a historical witchcraft story set beside a present-day search through the archives. The mood is eerie and atmospheric, with a growing sense of menace. If Augusta gives in to the pull of that power, she could lose everything she loves, her own life included.