historical novel, A Feigned Madness, won the Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award and the Kops-Fetherling International Book Award for Best New Voice in Historical Fiction.
Mitchell's latest novel is Needle and Bone, "a gothic tale of guilt, vengeance, and a girl’s fight to reclaim her soul from the shadows."
At CrimeReads the author tagged "eight novels with medical themes at their core with gothic twists you’d expect from a subgenre steeped in the creepy." One title on the list:
Bridget Collins, The Silence FactoryRead about the other entries on the list.
Arguably the most bizarre book on the list, The Silence Factory is a speculative tale with a wholly original premise. In it, Collins spins a tale of spider silk imbued with unusual powers.
When Dr. Henry arrives at Carthmute House to treat Philomel of her deafness, he uncovers a magic breed of spiders whose silk can both silence and amplify sound—yet neither is innocuous. As Henry’s mental state deteriorates, he discovers dark family secrets, corruption, and odd magic he can’t explain.
--Marshal Zeringue
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