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The PrestigeNovel
Christopher Prieststandalone novel1995
About identity and art and artists, set in our world.
“There's a lot of focus on a trick, where he seems to move across any width of stage in an instant, and on a feud with another magician, Angier.”
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The Dead SecretNovel
Wilkie Collinsstandalone novel1857
Gothic.
“The late Mrs. Treverton and her maid Sarah Leeson had a secret between them.”
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This House Is HauntedNovel
John Boynestandalone novel2013
Horror and gothic.
The Mystery of CloomberNovel
Arthur Conan Doylestandalone novel1889
Gothic, about curses.
NecropolisNovel
Basil Copperstandalone novel1980
Historical mystery and alternate history, about murder investigation, set in big city.
“Private detective Clyde Beatty, a rival of the great Holmes, has been hired by the lovely Angela Meredith to inquire into her father's suspicious death.”
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The Thirteenth TaleNovel
Diane Setterfieldstandalone novel2006
Gothic, about identity and books and reading, set in contemporary.