Slow and Secret Poison

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Product details

  • ISBN 9780857529510
  • Weight: 460g
  • Dimensions: 144 x 223mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Jan 2026
  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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'A gloriously entertaining gothic novel' The Times
'Carmella Lowkis has done it again with this deeply satisfying and gothic stunner' ALLY WILKES
'One of the best gothic novels the genre has to offer' JOHANNA VAN VEEN

'We are cursed, here at Harfold, whether you believe in it or not.'


1922, Wiltshire. When Vee Morgan accepts the job of gardener at a crumbling stately home, she's hoping for a fresh start where nobody knows her troubled history.

But Harfold Manor is shadowed by grief and the memories of long-faded glory, its rooms haunted by the only surviving member of the family, Lady Arabella Lascy. Vee is fascinated by her enigmatic new employer, a woman obsessed with the curse she believes has killed her family one by one. A curse that is coming for her next.

As Vee immerses herself in the world of Harfold, she finds herself increasingly entranced by Arabella and the secrets that poison her.

But Vee has her own things to hide: secrets that caused her to flee Cardiff, secrets that estranged her from her own family, secrets that might finally catch up to her…

'Full of rich gothic decay and ratcheting tension ... twist after twist left me reeling' DANIELLE GILES

Carmella Lowkis grew up in Wiltshire and has a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick. After graduating, she worked in libraries, before moving into book marketing. Her debut novel Spitting Gold was published in 2024. Carmella lives in North London with her fiancée.

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