Mexican Gothic
In 1950 Mexico, glamorous Noemi Taboada leaves Mexico City for High Place after a desperate letter, to rescue cousin Catalina from the chilling Doyles and…
2,523-word summary · 11 min read
historical fiction + mystery
5 books tagged both “historical fiction” and “mystery”.
The Name of the Rose
Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.
2,580-word summary · 11 min read
The Lost Apothecary
A hidden 1791 apothecary poisons cruel men, and two centuries later an historian uncovers her trail.
2,691-word summary · 12 min read
The Shadow of the Wind
In postwar Barcelona, Daniel finds a cursed novel and hunts its vanished author while a burned man watches.
2,000-word summary · 9 min read
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid's The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo explained: the seven marriages, old Hollywood, Celia and John, and the twist in Monique's story.
2,239-word summary · 10 min read