A gothic vampire romance by the author of Spoiled Milk, for fans of Stephen King, Sarah Waters and Elif Batuman.**'**Curran writes with incredible precision on fear, desire and the insidiousness of authority' Julia ArmfieldLaura Wyck has waited her whole life to be chosen, but in the meantime, she chooses a PhD. Specifically, at the University of ---, a coveted and prestigious institution where she has spent the best part of her life.But th...

A campus novel with teeth: a dark love story between a graduate student at a prestigious but failing university, and the crisis manager hired by the college--who happens to be a centuries-old vampire set on draining the institution of its lifeblood.Laura Wyck is struggling through an English PhD when her university announces drastic plans for budget cuts. Everything she loves is imperiled: the library may be sold to the highest bidder and the English department cou...

**A thrilling gothic debut • The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age."A truly impeccable novel.” —Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea"This book destroyed me.” —Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth**In 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the...

**'A dirty little jewel of a novel' Julia Armfield'Malory Towers meets The Conjuring' Alice Slater'Gory, tender, sexy' Krystelle Bamford'Compulsively readable' GuardianIn 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the isolated Briarley School for Girls is derailed when Violet, the school's brightest star (and a cunning beauty for whom Emily would do anything), falls to her de...

A campus novel with teeth: a dark love story between a graduate student at a prestigious but failing university, and the crisis manager hired by the college--who happens to be a centuries-old vampire set on draining the institution of its lifeblood.Laura Wyck is struggling through an English PhD when her university announces drastic plans for budget cuts. Everything she loves is imperiled: the library may be sold to the highest bidder and the English department cou...

**A thrilling gothic debut • The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age."A truly impeccable novel.” —Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea"This book destroyed me.” —Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth**In 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the...

**'A dirty little jewel of a novel' Julia Armfield'Malory Towers meets The Conjuring' Alice Slater'Gory, tender, sexy' Krystelle Bamford'Compulsively readable' GuardianIn 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the isolated Briarley School for Girls is derailed when Violet, the school's brightest star (and a cunning beauty for whom Emily would do anything), falls to her de...

A gothic vampire romance by the author of Spoiled Milk, for fans of Stephen King, Sarah Waters and Elif Batuman.**'**Curran writes with incredible precision on fear, desire and the insidiousness of authority' Julia ArmfieldLaura Wyck has waited her whole life to be chosen, but in the meantime, she chooses a PhD. Specifically, at the University of ---, a coveted and prestigious institution where she has spent the best part of her life.But th...