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Vanishing at Castle Moreau

Vanishing at Castle Moreau

MysteryGothic
Pages
352
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

A Wisconsin castle holds the secrets of three generations. In 1870, orphaned housemaid Daisy François takes a position there to escape her past, and finds her reclusive employer, the Gothic authoress Ora Moreau, guarding tales darker than the ones she writes — even as women from the area begin to disappear.

In the present day, Cleo Clemmons is hired to help an aging heiress confront her hoarding inside the crumbling castle, only to uncover relics of the old disappearances and a legend, the Lady with the Crooked Hand, that seems to be stirring awake again. A dual-timeline gothic mystery about the stories a house keeps and the women forced to unravel them.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

CreepyAtmosphericMysterious
Dual Timeline

Genres

Mystery Gothic Historical Mystery

About the author

J
Jaime Jo Wright

Jaime Jo Wright is a Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than fifteen novels and three novellas of history-steeped suspense. Her books have won multiple Christy Awards, the Daphne du Maurier Award, and the Carol Award, including The Vanishing at Castle Moreau, The House on Foster Hill, Night Falls on Predicament Avenue, and The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond. She lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband and two children. The Vanishing at Castle Moreau (2023) weaves a dual-time mystery betw...

Characters

Daisy FrançoisProtagonist

An orphaned housemaid working at Castle Moreau in 1870.

Cleo ClemmonsProtagonist

Hired in the present day to help an heiress confront her hoarding in the same castle.

Ora MoreauSupporting

The castle's reclusive Gothic authoress, hiding secrets darker than her novels.

All characters in Vanishing at Castle Moreau