October 1891. Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the ancient, isolated estate of Domaine de la Cade in the Languedoc. The house is beautiful, but shadows cling to it — whispers of a family curse, a sepulchre hidden in the woods, and a deck of tarot cards that seem to hum with something older than cardstock and ink. A century later, American graduate student Meredith Martin arrives in France chasing a ghost in her family tree and finds herself drawn to the same estate, the same mystery. Kate Mosse weaves a dual-timeline gothic that moves between belle époque decadence and modern obsession, layering supernatural dread with historical intrigue. It's lush, atmospheric, and strange — for readers who like their mysteries steeped in old magic and unreliable ground. If you loved *The Thirteenth Tale* or Mosse's *Labyrinth*, this will hook you.
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