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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

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The Death of Jane Lawrence

A Novel

by Caitlin Starling

Narrator Mandy Weston

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Length 13 hours 28 minutes

Language English

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“I LOVE gothic horror and The Death of Jane Lawrence does not disappoint! Set in an alternate post-war Britain, Jane Shoringfield is an intelligent level headed accountant who is approaching spinsterhood. That is, until she sets her sights on a marriage of convenience to Dr. Augustine Lawrence. He is the local doctor/surgeon and in need of an accountant, so he agrees to the marriage with the stipulation that Jane never stay the night at his ancestral home, Lindridge Hall. This goes awry after a storm on their wedding night keeps Jane from returning to town. Cue the ghosts, the sinister magic and the madness. Jane soon learns that there is much more to her husband and his past than she ever imagined. She is determined to learn every dark secret by any means necessary, even if it leads to her demise. This book can be chaotic and messy but you won't want to miss one page turning moment.”
— Suzanne • Underground Books

Bookseller recommendation

“A mix of Haunting of Hill House and Rebecca, this book is equal parts a gothic love story, a how-to on ritual magic, and a haunting of the most confusing variety. Once I got into the story I couldn't put it down. There's an isolated, crumbling manor, metaphysics, and an author who refuses to give you a level ground to steady yourself on while reading. I loved the remnants of old literature in the setting and foreboding feeling that stuck with me well after the last sentence. If you're a fan of the macabre there isn't a better book to read.”
— Emma • Quail Ridge Books

Summary
About the author

Best Books of 2021 · NPR
ALA/The Reading List Best Horror 2021 Pick
Longlisted for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2021

From the Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Luminous Dead comes a gothic fantasy horror—The Death of Jane Lawrence.

"Narrator Mandy Weston's cool narration is the perfect match to this tale, making the twists and turns in the plot especially surprising ...This tale mixes gothic horror, ghosts, and a love story to create a potent listen." - AudioFile Magazine

"A jewel box of a Gothic novel." —New York Times Book Review

“Delicious.... By the time the book reached that point of no return, I was so invested that I would have followed Jane into the very depths of hell.” —NPR.org

“Intense and amazing! It’s like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell meets Mexican Gothic meets Crimson Peak.” —BookRiot

Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town.

Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man—one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him. By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to.

Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Caitlin Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This Crimson Peak-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by Shirley Jackson and Rebecca, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to begin again as soon as they are finished.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

Fiction Mystery & Thriller Historical Fiction Fantasy Horror

Caitlin Starling is the nationally bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence, Last to Leave the Room, and the Bram Stoker-nominated The Luminous Dead. Her other works of genre-hopping horror and speculative fiction include Yellow Jessamine and a Vampire: The Masquerade novella, The Land of Milk and Honey. Her short fiction has been published by GrimDark Magazine, and her nonfiction has appeared in Nightmare, Uncanny, and Nightfire. Caitlin also works in narrative design, and has been paid to invent body parts. She’s always on the lookout for new ways to inflict insomnia.