A Slow and Secret Poison

by Carmella Lowkis

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1922, When Vee Morgan accepts the job of gardener at a crumbling stately home in southwest England, she’s hoping it’s a fresh start.

But Harfold Manor is shadowed by its own grief and the memories of long-faded glory, its rooms haunted by the only surviving member of the family, Lady Arabella Lascy. Vee is fascinated by her enigmatic new employer, a woman obsessed with the curse she believes has killed her family one by one and is coming for her next. Her only hope for escape is a local the elusive dancing hare that gave her ancestor its blessing and the house its name.

But even as Vee falls deeper under the thrall of Harfold and Lady Arabella, her own dark past finally catches up to her in this lush and atmospheric novel.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

Tropes: Curses, Dark Secrets, Secret Past, Haunted Castle

ISBN: 9781668025000

288 pages

Published: 2026-02-10

Publisher: Atria Books

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