The Taxidermist's Daughter: A Novel
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1912—In a remote village near the coast in Sussex, residents gather in a churchyard. More than a decade into the twentieth century, superstition still holds sway: It is St. Mark's Eve, the night when the shimmering ghosts of those fated to die in the coming year are said to materialize and amble through the church doors.
In the crowd is Constantia Gifford, the taxidermist's daughter. Twenty-two and unmarried, she lives with her father in a decaying mansion cluttered with the remains of his once world-famous museum of taxidermy. No one speaks of why the museum was shuttered or how the Giffords fell so low. Connie herself has no recollection—a childhood accident has erased all memory of her earlier days. The locals shun Blackthorn House and the strange spinster who practices her father's macabre art.
When a woman is found dead—a stranger Connie noticed near the church—snippets of long-lost memories begin to tease through Connie's mind, offering her glimpses of her vanished years. Who is the victim, and why has her death affected Connie so deeply? Why is she watched by a mysterious figure who has suddenly appeared on the nearby marsh? The answers are tied to a dark secret that lies at the heart of Blackthorn House, hidden among the bell jars of her father's workshop—a mystery that draws Connie closer to danger . . . closer to madness . . . closer to the startling truth.
Praise for The Taxidermist's Daughter
"The Taxidermist's Daughter is amazing―atmospheric, gripping . . . I can't put it down." —Marian Keyes, author of This Charming Man
"A superb, atmospheric thriller." —Daily Mail (UK)
"[A] fruitful use of meticulous research. A well-written page-turner." —Historical Novel Society
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Kate Mosse. (2016). The Taxidermist's Daughter: A Novel. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Kate Mosse. 2016. The Taxidermist's Daughter: A Novel. HarperCollins.
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Kate Mosse is the author of the international mega-bestsellers Labyrinth, Citadel, and Sepulchre, with sales of more than five million copies in forty-two languages. A publisher for many years, she is also cofounder and chair of the board of the prestigious Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize). She lives in Sussex, England.
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- A young amnesiac spinster contends with missing persons and murder in this gothic thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author of Labyrinth.
1912—In a remote village near the coast in Sussex, residents gather in a churchyard. More than a decade into the twentieth century, superstition still holds sway: It is St. Mark's Eve, the night when the shimmering ghosts of those fated to die in the coming year are said to materialize and amble through the church doors.
In the crowd is Constantia Gifford, the taxidermist's daughter. Twenty-two and unmarried, she lives with her father in a decaying mansion cluttered with the remains of his once world-famous museum of taxidermy. No one speaks of why the museum was shuttered or how the Giffords fell so low. Connie herself has no recollection—a childhood accident has erased all memory of her earlier days. The locals shun Blackthorn House and the strange spinster who practices her father's macabre art.
When a woman is found dead—a stranger Connie noticed near the church—snippets of long-lost memories begin to tease through Connie's mind, offering her glimpses of her vanished years. Who is the victim, and why has her death affected Connie so deeply? Why is she watched by a mysterious figure who has suddenly appeared on the nearby marsh? The answers are tied to a dark secret that lies at the heart of Blackthorn House, hidden among the bell jars of her father's workshop—a mystery that draws Connie closer to danger . . . closer to madness . . . closer to the startling truth.
Praise for The Taxidermist's Daughter
"The Taxidermist's Daughter is amazing―atmospheric, gripping . . . I can't put it down." —Marian Keyes, author of This Charming Man
"A superb, atmospheric thriller." —Daily Mail (UK)
"[A] fruitful use of meticulous research. A well-written page-turner." —Historical Novel Society - reviews
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"Glossy as a crow's wing. Sure as a surgeon's scalpel. I bloody loved it. " — Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat
"The Taxidermist's Daughter is amazing—atmospheric, gripping . . . I can't put it down." — Marian Keyes, author of This Charming Man
"A superb, atmospheric thriller, its Gothic overtones commanding attention from the very first page, and the feathery motifs of the birds—crows, jackdaws, magpies—who fly through its pages growing more menacing with every turn." — Daily Mail
"Unputdownable, romantic, this is sure to be a bestseller." — The Times (London)
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January 25, 2016
Macabre atmosphere and an appealing heroine can’t save this gothic historical thriller by bestseller Mosse (The Winter Ghosts) from sinking under the weight of its muddled, fantastic plot. Set in 1912 during several sodden spring days in rural West Sussex, the story centers on 22-year-old Constantia “Connie” Gifford—the titular character (and a deft taxidermist in her own right)—who, despite lingering seizures from the fall that almost killed her a decade earlier, is about the only thing keeping her alcoholic widowed father, a once-renowned avian taxidermist, and their isolated household afloat. But then the discovery of a murdered woman near their property, Blackthorn House, and a series of other disturbing events start to trigger Connie’s long-repressed memories of the night she fell, threatening the Giffords’ very lives. As Connie and new friend Harry Woolston, a handsome aspiring painter hunting for his missing father, join forces to investigate, some sparks do fly—as well as far too plentiful feathers (and guts) for some readers to stomach. Agent: Araminta Whitley, LAW Literary Agents (U.K.).
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March 1, 2016
Mosse's latest novel (after Citadel) opens with a churchyard murder in April 1912, then leads us to a taxidermist's workshop, where Connie Gifford--the titular taxidermist's daughter--is cradling a dead bird. Connie, a spinster who lives with her father in a remote village on the English coast, can't remember her early childhood and is beleaguered by flashes of troubling memories. She and her father are both outcasts, so she lives a life of near solitude. When the body of the murdered woman washes ashore on her father's estate, however, the secrets and mysteries come charging forth, threatening to drive Connie to madness. VERDICT Mosse creates a rich atmosphere of foreboding, from start to finish. Her use of imagery is masterly, and her prose is lyrical and poetic. The novel requires some degree of patience, however, as there are many secrets withheld from the reader to unravel. Despite this flaw, it is certain to please devotees of gothic fiction, atmospheric suspense, and historical thrillers. [See Prepub Alert, 9/14/15.]--Erin Entrada Kelly, Philadelphia
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A gothic novel from the award-winning and best-selling author of Labyrinth (2006). The story opens in an English coastal village on a dark and stormy night in 1912. Constantia Gifford has taken over the family taxidermy business and has become obsessed with birds. She suffers from some amnesia from a fall 10 years ago, but her memories have started to come back in nasty little snatches. Something else happened a decade ago involving four fine gentlemen, something that appears to have left everyone a bit edgy. It becomes fairly obvious what that something was early on, and the book sometimes lapses into melodrama, especially at the conclusion, also occurring on a dark and stormy night. Still, if fans of gothic fiction can stomach the taxidermy details, they will enjoy this book. The pacing is perfect, the prose is perfect for the theme, and the author creates lovely verbal landscape paintings. Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca comes first to mind when seeking a comparison to the overall mood of eeriness and damp that Mosse creates so vividly.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)
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Known for her best-selling Pyrenees-based historical trilogy and for cofounding the Orange Prize (now the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction), Mosse sets her new work in a coastal English village where folks still gather in the churchyard on St. Mark's Eve expecting to see the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year. Among them is Constantia Gifford, who can't remember why her family has fallen into low repute. But the discovery of a dead body as the bells peal midnight starts bringing back wisps of memory--and strengthens her (dangerous) resolve to unfold the past.
Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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In the crowd is Constantia Gifford, the taxidermist's daughter. Twenty-two and unmarried, she lives with her father in a decaying mansion cluttered with the remains of his once world-famous museum of taxidermy. No one speaks of why the museum was shuttered or how the Giffords fell so low. Connie herself has no recollection—a childhood accident has erased all memory of her earlier days. The locals shun Blackthorn House and the strange spinster who practices her father's macabre art.
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