- American literature, LCSH: Haciendas—Mexico—Fiction, GSAFD: Suspense fiction, GSAFD: Occult fiction
Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...
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About the book
- Author
- Isabel Cañas
- First published
- 2022
- Pages
- 315
- Publisher
- Berkley, Penguin Publishing Group, Ediciones B
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781837860807
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