Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic is the story of Noemi Taboada, a young socialite in 1950s Mexico City who is called out to the countryside to check on her cousin after a disturbing, strange letter. This marvelous, slow burn of a book steadily builds the pressure and tension as the reader follows Noemi's growing sense of disorientation and horror. I loved the haunted manor, creepy family, and local legends that all play together in such a way that you (and the main character) slowly realize nothing is at seems. I could NOT put this down until the last page!