Beneath the Poet's House
A Thriller
by Christa Carmen
Christa Carmen’s Beneath The Poet’s House entices from page one with the set up of Saoirse White, a woman with a complex past and a recently deceased husband starting fresh in a house formerly owned by the poet and spiritualist, Sarah Helen Whitman, who Edgar Allen Poe courted. The gothic shadows loom in layers with mysteries of the house itself, Saorise’s past, and her new found friends who are a group of transcendentalists.
The complex story unfolds as we get to know the handsome award winning author and a romance begins. But the shadows only deepen from there and when the rollercoaster starts to ride the pages turn while we begin to pray that Saoirse will make it out alive. With the sprinkle of horror, Carmen infuses the macabre of Poe into the gothic thriller, riveting the reader to the end.
I must add that Bram Stoker Award Winner Christa Carmen’s detailed research adds a really lovely depth to this multi-layered story which is a thrilling delight from start to finish.
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for an advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review.
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