Book guide
The Shape of Darkness
Every portrait Agnes cuts seems to mark its subject for death.
Genre and trope pairingsGothic FantasyHidden identityGothic FantasyGhostsGothic FantasyOccultHistoricalHidden identityHistoricalClass divideMysteryHidden identityMysteryWhodunnitMysteryAmateur sleuthMysteryRed herringMysterySecret pastCrimeHidden identityCrimeSerial killerCrimeWhodunnitCrimeRed herring
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About The Shape of Darkness
In Victorian Bath, struggling silhouette artist Agnes watches her livelihood collapse when clients are murdered soon after sitting for their portraits. Desperate to identify the killer, she seeks help from Pearl, a renowned child spirit medium who may be able to question the dead. Their séances offer clues—but also open a door to a darkness neither of them may be able to close.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- death
- murder
- gore
- child abuse
- serious illness
- child death
- blood
- emotional abuse
- grief
- confinement
- laudanum addiction
