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Mysteries of Winterthurn
Mysteries of Winterthurn
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
The first paperback reprint since 1986 of the author's favorite among her several acclaimed and controversial Gothic novels. — In Mysteries of Winterthurn, the brilliant young detective-hero Xavier Kilgarvan is confronted with three baffling cases—"The Virgin in the Rose-Bower," "The Devil's Half-Acre," and "The Blood-Stained G...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780865381209
ISBN-10: 0865381208
Publication Date: 5/26/2008
Pages: 482
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Publisher: Ontario Review
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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The secrets of Winterthurn are as dark and violent as a winter's night. Evil grips the town, smothering its first famiiles in a demonic spell. Innocent babes are eaten away. Honeymooners mutiliated. Gullible girls bludgeoned. Even the minister is not spared. It is left ot Xavier Kilgarvan, blinded by love for his seductive, elusive cousin Perdita, to put aside family feeling and expose the satanic mysteries of Winterthurn.


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