Myrrh
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
A woman searching for her birth-parents unlocks the secrets of her horrific past, as she tries to stop the goblin within in this kaleidoscopic dark psychological horror, with a dread-inducing climax you will never forget. Perfect for fans of Eric LaRocca and Catriona Ward.
Myrrh has a goblin inside her, a voice in her head that tells her all the things she's done wrong, that berates her and drags her down. Desperately searching for her birth-parents across dilapidated seaside towns in the South coast of England, she finds herself silenced and cut off at every step.
Cayenne is trapped in a loveless marriage, the distance between her and her husband growing further and further each day. Longing for a child, she has visions promising her a baby.
As Myrrh's frustrations grow, the goblin in her grows louder and louder, threatening to tear apart the few relationships she holds dear and destroy everything around her. When Cayenne finds her husband growing closer to his daughter, Cayenne's stepdaughter, pushing her further out of his life, she makes a decision that sends her into a terrible spiral.
The stories of these women will unlock a past filled with dark secrets, strange connections; all leading to an unforgettable, horrific climax.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hall (The Taxidermist's Lover) spins a slow and unnerving work of psychological horror around three women who stake their identities on their families. Myrrh is a biracial British adoptee consumed with finding her birth parents and learning where she came from. Despite her loving adoptive family, Myrrh's tormented by a rage-filled inner voice she calls her goblin who berates her with malicious remarks ("You are nothing"), dangerous instructions ("Bite your tongue and fill your mouth with blood"), and taunts that the goblin is privy to a secret Myrrh doesn't know. Meanwhile, emotionally volatile Cayenne struggles to save her loveless marriage as her manipulative grown stepdaughter uses her father's affection against her stepmom. Cayenne desperately wants a baby, hoping it will salvage her marriage, and is devastated when the unwed stepdaughter becomes pregnant first. Finally, Sandra, the eldest of the three, is surprised when an unknown woman contacts her claiming Sandra's inattentive Egyptian husband could be her biological father. Hall takes her time exploring the obsessions and motivations of all three heroines. Immobilized by doubt and self-delusion, they yearn for intimacy from their partners and validation from their families—even as they gradually descend deeper into madness. Patient readers will be rewarded.
