We Have Always Lived in the Castle
★★★★ ★★
3.91 
799 den
Pages 170
Published 6.6.2024
Binding Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books, Limited
Dimensions 197 x 129 x 10 mm
Language English
Mystery & DetectiveHorrorAudiobookThrillersFictionThrillerGothicHumorousMysteryBook ClubCrimeAdultMystery ThrillerClassicsJust In
Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murderer
Six years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic - everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father's fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.
Six years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic - everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father's fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.
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