Gothic is a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious and desolate. The following books can be found alphabetically by the author’s last names in the Adult Fiction or Mystery area. If you need assistance pleas ask at the desk.

Location Codes:
MN - Main Library
DR - Dobson Ranch Branch
RM - Red Mountain Branch (East Mesa)

Blackwell, Lawana. Table by the Window. 2005 Fiction (MN DR RM)
After a tumultuous childhood, Carley has fashioned an orderly life for herself in San Francisco. Unexpected news arrives of a large inheritance and a house in Tallulah, Mississippi. But Carley finds more than she bargained for in Tallulah: along with faith, self-worth, romance: a murder mystery that threatens her newfound happiness.

Campbell, Ramsey. Darkest Part of the Woods. 2004 (MN DR RM)
The lives and destinies of the members of the Price family become intertwined with the ancient forest of Goodmanswood.

Carr, Caleb. The Italian Secretary. 2005 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Legendary detective Sherlock Holmes finds himself on the trail of a murderer whose connections may run all the way up the social ladder to the royal family.

Carroll, Susan. The Dark Queen. 2005 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, a young woman renowned for her mystical skills, is forced into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious Comte de Renardas they struggle to defy the sinister ambitions and intrigues of the ruthless Queen Catherine de Medici and prevent the fulfillment of a terrifying prophecy.

Clegg, Douglas. The Abandoned. 2005 Fiction (MN RM)
The evil lurking deep within an abandoned mansion in New York's Hudson Valley permeates the town, drawing a teenage girl, a little boy, and a young woman into a world of terror

Dallas, Sandra. New Mercies. 2005 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Inheriting a historic Mississippi family home she knows little about, Nora Bondurant moves to the house in the hopes of forgetting her unhappy past but becomes enmeshed in a mystery surrounding her aunt's untimely death.

Goodman, Carol. The Drowning Tree. 2004 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Remembering the falling out that ended her friendship with fellow student Christine, stained glass artist Juno apprehensively attends her former friend's lecture and is horrified when the woman is subsequently murdered.

Handeland, Lori. Dark Moon. 2005 Fiction (MN DR RM)
When her remote research laboratory is firebombed and her most deadly test subject escapes, reclusive scientist Dr. Elise Hanover joins forces with her former lover, FBI agent Nic Franklin, to stop a shadowy evil, but the secret she hides could destroy both their mission and her growing relationship with Nic.

Harwood, John. The Ghost Writer. 2004 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Plagued with unpleasant memories of his mother's death, shy Gerard Freeman is obsessed with the manuscript of a century-old ghost story written by his great-grandmother and entrusted to his care.

Lansdale, Joe R. Sunset and Sawdust. 2004 Mystery (MN DR RM)
Overturning the reign of a misogynist local lawman to become the new constable of sawmill settlement Camp Rapture, Sunset Jones investigates the murder of a pregnant woman.

Laurens, Stephanie. The Truth About Love. 2005 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Artist Gerrard Debbington accepts a commission to paint a young woman's portrait in exchange for access to her father's celebrated yet strictly private gardens, but when he learns the woman may be in danger, he appoints himself her protector.

Morris, Mary McGarry. The Lost Mother. 2005 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Enduring the Great Depression from within a tent during a Vermont summer, Henry struggles to support his two young children and considers a proposition from a wealthy neighbor, who would hire the children as companions for her homebound son.

Saul, John. Black Creek Crossing. 2004 (MN DR RM)
Thirteen-year-old Angie Sullivan adores her family's new home at Back Creek Crossing, until she discovers that the house had been the scene of a double murder and the focus of a series of increasingly bizarre events.

St. Giles, Jennifer. Mistress of Trevelyan. 2004 Fiction (MN RM)
In 1873 San Francisco, Ann Lovell takes a job as governess to the two young sons of the widowed Benedict Trevelyan and finds herself falling in love with her enigmatic employer, despite the dark secrets he is hiding and the rumors that he was responsible for the murder of his wife.

Tanner, Janet. Forgotten Destiny. 2004 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Davina Grimes can't remember a thing about herself, including her name, after a carriage accident. Where is she from and where is she going are the questions with frightening answers.

Classic Titles

Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. 1817 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Catherine Morland’s sentimental illusions crumble as she enters into adulthood.

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. 1847 Fiction (MN DR RM)
A young woman looks back at her childhood in a harsh orphanage and describes her growing love for the man who employs her as a governess.

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. 1847 Fiction (MN DR RM)
Against a background of English moors in the eighteenth century, the lives of two families become interwined through marriage, passion, and the dominating force of a man called Heathcliff.

Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca. 1938 Fiction (MN DR RM)
A classic novel of romantic suspense finds the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter entering the home of her mysterious and enigmatic new husband and learning the story of the house’s first mistress, to whom the sinister housekeeper is unnaturally devoted.

Updated, SL, 9/05; Holdings checked 7/06 KRL