Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020

In 1950s Mexico, glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada receives a frantic letter from her newly‑wed cousin begging for rescue. She travels to the remote mansion High Place, where her cousin’s enigmatic English husband and his patriarchal family guard dark secrets. As Noemí confronts a menacing patriarch, a mysterious house that invades her dreams, and a legacy of violence tied to a once‑rich mining empire, she uncovers a terrifying, otherworldly evil. Blending classic gothic motifs with Latin‑American history, the novel delivers a slow‑burn, Lovecraftian horror wrapped in the elegance of a period thriller.