Victorian Psycho

Victorian Psycho (2025) is Virginia Feito's savage, blackly comic horror novel — a Gothic bloodbath narrated by a governess with murder on her mind.

Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House to take up a post as governess to the children of a wealthy Victorian family. Prim, proper, and outwardly unremarkable, she is in fact seething with contempt, cruelty, and an appetite for violence she can barely contain. As she observes the hypocrisies of the household and nurses her own dark history, the pressure builds toward an unforgettable, gore-soaked Christmas.

Short, sharp, and gleefully transgressive, the novel channels the spirit of American Psycho into a candlelit Victorian manor. Told entirely in Winifred's icy, witty voice, it skewers propriety, class, and the fantasy of the demure Victorian woman. A pitch-black comedy of manners for readers with a strong stomach and a taste for the macabre.