Cover art for We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Published
Penguin, September 2024
ISBN
9780241685044
Format
Softcover, 176 pages
Dimensions
19.7cm × 13cm × 1.1cm

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The deliciously dark and funny story of Merricat, tomboy teenager, beloved sister - and possible mass murderer

Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murderer

Six years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic - everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father's fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.

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