Synopsis
‘Joan Aiken writes superbly, with a force, a colour and strength of imagination that one encounters all too rarely today. I loved every moment of it’ The Telegraph
Strong and independent Valhalla Montgomery, a heroine straight out of a Henry James novel, abandons her career as a New York journalist to search for her half-brother in Joan Aiken’s gothic novel, Castle...
Details
24 July 2025464 pages
9781035057580Imprint: Pan
Reviews
A tightly knit, exciting novel . . . an unusually well-told talePublisher’s Weekly
Joan Aiken writes superbly, with a force, a colour and strength of imagination that one encounters all too rarely today. I loved every moment of itThe Telegraph
Joan Aiken’s Castle Barebane promises every kind of Gothic pleasure, from grimy decadent London to a crumbling Scottish castle . . . the plot twists agilely enough to lead most readers up the garden path several timesThe Observer
Set in nineteenth-century New York, London and Scotland, Castle Barebane is an engrossing novel of romance and terror . . . with an unforgettable, spirited heroineLiterary Guild
