Spitting Gold: Book Launch with author Carmella Lowkis
Join Carmella Lowkis, author of debut gothic sapphic romance Spitting Gold, for a short reading of the novel at Barbican Library, followed by a Q&A. Copies of the book will also be available to purchase on the day.
Carmella Lowkis grew up in Wiltshire and has a degree in English literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick. After graduating, she worked in libraries, before moving into book marketing. Carmella lives in North London with her girlfriend. You can follow her on Twitter/X @carmellalowkis. Spitting Gold is her first novel.
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Spitting Gold
An atmospheric, irresistible gothic historical fiction debut set in 19th century Paris, following two con-artist sisters who pose as gifted mediums to pull off one last job . . .
Paris, 1866. When Baroness Sylvie Devereux receives a house-call from Charlotte Mothe, the penniless sister she disowned, she fears that her shady past is about to catch up with her. With their father ill and Charlotte unable to pay his medical bills, Sylvie is persuaded to reprise her role as a gifted medium, to perform one last con.
The marks are the de Jacquinots, a dysfunctional aristocratic family who believe they are being haunted by the ghost of their great aunt, brutally murdered during the French Revolution. There’s rumours she buried some valuable jewels before she died: a fortune that would restore the family to their former glory. The Mothe sisters are tasked with finding the treasure and exorcising the poltergeist, for good.
The con gets underway, with the duo deploying every trick to terrify the family out of their gold. But when inexplicable horrors start to happen to them too, the sisters start to question whether they really are at the mercy of a vengeful spirit. And what other deep, dark secrets threaten to come to light . . .
Spitting Gold is a dark and propulsive gothic novel that twists and turns, blending paranormal mystery with a captivating sapphic romance.
‘A tale of two sisters filled with spooky spirits, queer love, and high suspense’ HEAT
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