Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic is a horror novel that takes place in 1950s Mexico and is so chilling you’ll feel the cold even now. When glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada is asked to return to the decaying mansion the old lift broke down in 24 hours after receiving the desperate letter from her cousin, she assumes it will be simply another letter from a miserable person caught in some desperation that can be quickly blamed on the drink or something meanwhile the money will be passed on to someone else and the facade of a lifestyle built on stolen good will squared off against a new case will remain in tact.