Rottenheart
The unmissable new gothic horror novel from the author of Hungerstone
$32.93
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2026
Summary
Revenge me. For I am murdered …
Odette and Cecilia are young women, living between their grand homes in Hampstead and the imposing, ancient Herne House in Suffolk. Though Odette’s artist mother Lydia keeps a tight grasp on her, she and her beloved Cecilia are mostly left free to roam, to learn and to love.
But when Lydia inexplicably sickens and dies, a dark veil falls. As the funeral rites are performed, Odette’s aunt, the cold and implacable Claudine, increa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786583963 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786583968 |
| Author: | Kat Dunn |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Manilla Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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Rottenheart will transport you. It’s a darkly intoxicating and fierce sapphic retelling of Hamlet, filled with longing, rage, and grief. Kat Dunn has crafted something haunting, beguiling and mesmerizing and I’m certain it’s her most extraordinary novel yet * Lucy Rose, bestselling author of The Lamb *
About The Author
Kat Dunn
Kat Dunn grew up in London and has lived in Japan, Australia and France. She has a BA in Japanese from SOAS and an MA in English from Warwick. She’s written about mental health for Mind and the Guardian and worked as a translator for Japanese television. Kat Dunn’s YA fiction has been published by Head of Zeus and Andersen Press, including Bitterthorn, which was shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards and the Polari Prize and nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing. Hungerstone was her hugely acclaimed adult fiction debut.
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