ELISABETH WOLF: Winterbourne

FREE EVENT

Join us to celebrate the launch of Elisabeth Wolf's new novel, Winterbourne, when she will be in conversation with literary agent Jenny Brown about this chilling and unpredicable modern gothic mystery set on the west coast of Scotland.

About the book:
Inside a grand library lies an unspeakable secret...

Within the walls of Winterbourne dwells a secret room, with an unspeakable collection of books.

Librarian Anne Adams has found the perfect escape: a job cataloguing the library of Winterbourne, an architectural masterpiece on a remote island off the west coast of Scotland.

Surrounded by an awe-inspiring landscape, the library is magnificent, with priceless first editions, a book lover's dream. However, Anne's early weeks in her new job are beset by obstacles – no internet, a house plunged into darkness every night and unexplained mysteries on the island.

After an unannounced visit from her employer, the enigmatic Lucien Broussard, Anne wonders what happened to the previous librarian when she finds notes hidden in the library’s ancient tomes. As echoes of the past start to reveal the house and Lucien’s dark secrets, suddenly Anne’s dream job becomes a living nightmare.

About the authors:
Elisabeth Wolf is a writer of contemporary gothic fiction, creating classic tales that utilize the genres most beloved tropes - crumbling mansions, vulnerable heroines, windswept landscapes and dark, brooding antiheroes.

"Gothic novels sit right at the intersection between dangerous romance and spine-tingling horror, and it's the combination that makes them so irresistible", she explains. "Who Wants a happy ending when you could have Mr Rochester instead?"

Elisabeth lives in Edinburgh and has also have eight crime novels published, writing as Alison Belsham.