novel, A Feigned Madness, won the Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award and the Kops-Fetherling International Book Award for Best New Voice in Historical Fiction.
Mitchell's latest novel is Needle and Bone, "a gothic tale of guilt, vengeance, and a girl’s fight to reclaim her soul from the shadows."
At CrimeReads the author tagged "eight novels with medical themes at their core with gothic twists you’d expect from a subgenre steeped in the creepy." One title on the list:
Jennifer Cody Epstein, The Madwomen of ParisRead about another title on the list.
This finalist for the Edgar Award is inspired by true events. After Josephine is committed to the Salpêtrière asylum in nineteenth century Paris,she becomes the patient of director Jean-Martin Charcot, an expert in hysteria. Under his thrall, Josephine is hypnotized and soon captures the attention of rapt audiences.
However, when Josephine’s memory returns, she begins to suspect she has committed a terrible crime. Will Laure, the asylum attendant who’s become close to her help her escape or should Josephine remain, having committed a horrific murder?
Q&A with Jennifer Cody Epstein.
The Page 69 Test: The Madwomen of Paris.
My Book, The Movie: The Madwomen of Paris.
--Marshal Zeringue
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