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Shortlisted for the Saltire Society SCOTTISH FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR
2014 Following in the tradition of Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea
and Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly, THE MONSTER'S WIFE is a literary
gothic that re-envisions the classic Mary Shelley novel
Frankenstein from the perspective of the girl Victor Frankenstein
transformed into a Bride for his monster. To a tiny island in
Orkney, peopled by a devout community of twenty, comes Victor
Frankenstein, driven there by a Devil's bargain: to make a wife for
the Creature who is stalking him across Europe. In this
darkly-wrought answer to Frankenstein, we hear the untold tale of
the monster's wife through the perspective of the doctor's
housemaid. Oona works below stairs with her best friend May,
washing the doctor's linens and keeping the fires lit at the Big
House. An orphan whose only legacy is the illness that killed her
mother, Oona knows she is doomed. But she is also thirsty for
knowledge, determined to know life fully before it slips away. As
tensions heighten between Victor and the islanders, Oona becomes
the doctor's trusted accomplice, aiding in secret experiments and
seeing horrors she sometimes wishes to forget. When May disappears,
Oona must face up to growing suspicions about the enigmatic
employer to whom she has grown close - but the truth is darker than
anything she could imagine.
From a bright new talent comes a twisting psychological thriller
with a shocking conclusion, perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, B.A.
Paris and Helen Fields. A MISSING FAMILY Barefoot, bloodied, with
no memory of what has happened to her - Quinn Perkins stumbles out
of the woods in France and discovers that her exchange family have
mysteriously disappeared. A SMALL TOWN SEEKING REVENGE Journalist
Molly Swift is drawn to the mystery and prepared to do anything to
learn the truth, including lying to get close to Quinn. But when a
shocking discovery sparks fury in the town, Quinn is arrested for
murder. DARK SECRETS DRAGGED INTO THE LIGHT As a trial by media
ensues, Molly is left to unravel the town's disturbing past and
clear Quinn's name - but is she really innocent? Or is she a
cunning killer intent on getting away with murder?
Kate Horsley tells the story of a young girl's search for identity
in a brutal and unforgiving world. Set in an impoverished village
in rural Ireland in the 1300s, Horsley's memorable heroine must
reckon with gender confusion, the hypocrisy of the Church,
widespread disease, and the social iniquities imposed by the
British invaders. In the process she becomes many people and
ultimately gains insight into the impermanence of identity.
A collection of short fiction, stories, plays and an excerpt.
This is a collection of short stories entered into the Fine Line
Short Story Prize.
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