352 pages | PaperbackIn thisNew York Timesbestseller, its Lovecraft meets the Bronts in Latin America, and after a slow-burn startMexican Gothicgets seriously weird (The Guardian).

An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. From the author ofGods of Jade and Shadowcomes a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.

After receiving a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin, Noem Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. Noem is an unlikely rescuer: Shes a glamorous debutante, more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But shes also tough, smart, and not afraid: not of her cousins new English husband, a stranger who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems fascinated by Noem; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noems dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Noemis only ally in this inhospitable place is the familys youngest son. But he too may be hiding a dark secret. As Noem begins to unearth stories of violence and madness, she is slowly drawn into a terrifying yet seductive worlda world that may be impossible to escape.