Blood on Her Tongue (Deluxe Edition): A Novel

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"Gothic horror for the agesCombining shiver-inducing horror with sharp-fanged social commentary this more that merits comparison to Dracula and other genre titans." Publishers Weekly Starred Review Goodreads Most Anticipated Spring Horror Novels "Im in your blood and you are in mine" The Netherlands 1887. Lucys twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat mumbles nonsensically and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husbands grand estate. The doctor has diagnosed her with temporary insanity caused by a fever of the brain. To protect her twin from a terrible fate in a lunatic asylum Lucy must unravel the mystery surrounding her sisters condition but its clear her twin is hiding something. Then again Lucy is harboring secrets of her own too. Then the worst happens. Sarahs behavior takes a turn for the strange. She becomes angry and hungry. Lucy soon comes to suspect that something is trying to possess her beloved sister. Or is it madness? As Sarah changes before her very eyes Lucy must reckon with the dark monstrous truth or risk losing her forever.