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A gothic tale of murder and corruption set in the world imagined by our most famous 19th century writers.
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The story of the death of Sir Martin Malprelate acquired, from its earliest telling, a phantasmagorical quality, shrouding the violence of the assault in an embellishment of diabolic spectres and uncanny mystery.
Struck down in a Camden street, the railway magnate never lived to see his dream of a line from London to Middlemarch. But who was to blame? An angry mob? Or were the witnesses who swore he was struck by a demonic train, wheels ringing on rails where no rails lay, to be believed? A hated man who many wished dead? An impossible death?
Truly a case for the father of all detectives.
“Smith’s empathy for her characters makes for a supremely relatable take on mental illness. Remember is an emotional rollercoaster of a debut, culminating with a twist that will leave you reeling.”
— Alafair Burke, NYT bestselling author of The Better Sister
“Patricia Smith’s work feels necessary. She’s as honest in her writing as she is in real life, and that is very honest indeed.”
— CrimeReads (October’s Best Debut Novel Pick)
“Remember is a thought-provoking character study and intriguing mystery rolled into one. Patricia Shanae Smith is a welcome and much needed addition to the psychological suspense genre. In this search for self in a city filled with many voices, Smith’s Portia is one character you won’t forget.”
— Kelley Garrett, Anthony, Agatha and Lefty award-winning author of Hollywood Homicide and Hollywood Ending
“Having survived depression and addiction, Smith has chosen to give herself over to writing in order to use words to save lives. And we should all be grateful.”
— Matt Coleman, Book Riot
“Intense…an earnest treatise on mental illness.”
— Publisher’s Weekly
“Smith’s debut heralds the entrance of a writing talent to be watched… its discussion of unreliable memories and a toxic father-daughter relationship based on forgetting, should please fans of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen.”
— CrimeReads
