Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches

"Lizzie Borden took an axe..." — and in Cherie Priest's gothic horror masterpiece, she uses it on something far worse than her parents.

Acquitted of murder but haunted by the evil that consumed her family, Lizzie and her sister flee to Maplecroft — a seaside mansion that offers no escape from the ancient darkness rising from the ocean's depths. Part cosmic horror, part Victorian thriller, this is the book we hand-sell most from The Gothic Shelf.

Why We Picked It: Lizzie Borden as a cosmic-horror monster hunter, forty whacks and all. If you want gothic in the literal sense — old houses, older evils, and a narrator who means business — this is the one. — The Ink Crypt Team

Condition: Used — Good. Collectible copy, ships carefully packed.