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In a churchyard, villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year are thought to be seen, Here, where the estuary leads out to the sea, superstitions still hold sway,

Standing alone is the taxidermist's daughter, At, Constantia Gifford lives with her father in a decaying house: it is all that is left of Gifford's once worldfamous museum of taxidermy, The stuffed animals that used to grace every parlour are out of fashion, leaving Gifford a disgraced and bitter man,

The bell begins to toll and all eyes are fixed on the church, No one sees the gloved hand pick up a flint, As the last notes fade into the dark, a woman lies dead,

While the village braces itself against rising waters and the highest tide of the season, Connie struggles to discover who is responsible, but finds herself under suspicion.
Is Constantia who she seems is she the victim of circumstances or are more sinister forces at work And what is the secret that lies at the heart of Gifford House, hidden among the bell jars of her father's workshop

Told over one summer, The Taxidermist's Daughter is the haunting new novel from the bestselling author of Labyrinth, Sepulchre, Citadel and The Winter Ghosts.
Spooky and chilling, The Taxidermist's Daughter is a terrific Gothic novel, just right for this Halloween, A really nicely paced and very well written gothic thriller from Kate Mosse, I have read the rest of Mosse's work and was suprised to find this book was very different, Both the story and style marks something quite new,
The story , set in Edwardian England,centres around Connie and her gradual remembering of her life before a childhood accident while the past is catching up on quite nastily on most of the other characters around her.
Taxidermy plays a big role in the plot without being boring, and a cordivae bird theme runs from start to finish of the book,
Despite the dark story and themes there is still a bit of fun to the book, Its a very enjoyable read , the characters are well drawn and I found myself really liking several of them, The ending is actually quite playful and finishes the whole package off nicely,
Mosse has shown a nice bit of versatility here and this book is an easy recomendation, Well worth trying even for those who didn't love the Langue'doc books, "Who'll dig his grave I, said the Owl, with my pick and my shovel, I'll dig his grave, ''

Its the night before St, Marks day,: on this dark night the people of Fishbourne come together in the churchyard to watch the souls of the future dead, On this night they will see who will die during this upcoming year, On this night, a young woman is murdered,

Is her death an accidental slip of a knife Or a dark omen for whats yet to come, to let the people of the town know that their days are numbered

Because in The Taxidermists Daughter, the line between the dead and the living is thin.
Connie and her father are taxidermists: they preserve the bodies of birds by stuffing them and displaying them in a lifelike state, Once they were famous, but after disaster stuck and their name ruined and Connies past literally erased the Gifford family now practice their trade in silence and shame.
However, with the discovery of the dead woman a haunting past is dug up that will not only shake the Giffords to their core, but many other families as well.


”This is not a story of revenge, though it will be seen as that, Dismissed as that. But no, not revenge.
This is a story of justice, ”

Set amidst the misty Marshlands of Sussex, this gothic historical thriller is an atmospheric pearl, Kate Mosses descriptions of the landscape are vivid and true: the harsh winter storms, the rising water of the lake, the sense of doom slowly creeping under our characters skinSt.
Marks night foretells that the lives of some people will come to an end, and this end comes with a vengeance,
Although I had the mystery figured out halfway, that didnt take away any of my readingpleasure and feeling of fright which shows how gifted this author is!.
The story of the murder and its history is slowly revealed, but still the buildup to the macabre finale was so well done that I got literal chills.


I did have some trouble with the many sidecharacters and the instalove, but after reading only thrillers and creepy novels with dry writing and little scenerydescriptions, this book was like a breath of fresh ear.
I loved following Connie and her friend Harry on their search for answers, and Kate Mosses dark mystery was twisty and complex until the end,

I want to thank my dear friend Amalia for recommending this to me, and I will certainly recommend this book to others looking for a misty and creepy mystery to read during the cold winterdays.
Blackthorns are everywhere. They are haunting me.
TAXIDERMY: OR, THE ART OF COLLECTING, PREPARING, AND MOURNING OBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY I liked the Taxidermy facts that were thrown in there.
Lit shit.
I bought this shit because it was cheap, I didnt really know what it was about, Only knew it was a gothic thriller/mystery, Kinda hoped they would taxidermy humans and not animals I blame the movie Taxidermia for this but we cant always get what we want, I think I love this, The thing is I forgot to keep notes and it took me a month to finish this because Im hella busy and lazy, I kinda wanna give thisbut It took so long to finish this that I dont remember if I love it or not, I suuuck. "Όταν μεσάνυχτα τα καμπαναριά χτυπούν
Εκεί, μπροστά στην εκκλησία
Οι δύστυχες ψυχές περνούν"

Αυτό ειναι το σημείο αναφοράς και η αρχή της ιστορίας.
Μια ιστορία καθηλωτική. Απίστευτα καλογραμμένη και συναρπαστικά αγωνιώδης και μυστηριακή ως το τέλος.

Κι όμως τα στοιχεία εξ αρχής ειναι προφανέστατα. Η συγγραφέας δεν αφήνει κανένα κλειδί για το τέλος. Ξεκλειδώνει σπονδυλωτά και ξεκάθαρα απο νωρίς ολες τις πόρτες των μυστηρίων.

Αυτό ειναι που με γοήτευσε περισσότερο σε τούτο το βιβλίο. Αφού τα έχω καταλάβει σχεδόν όλα και περιμένω την επιβεβαίωση ή την ανατροπή,πως κλιμακώνει την ένταση σταδιακά και πως την ανακατεύει με προλήψεις,μύθους,παλίρροιες, βαλτότοπους, φόνους,και απίστευτες περιγραφές ταρίχευσης, ανατριχιαστικές και αηδιαστικές,είναι πράγματικά αξιοθαύμαστο.

Η ταρίχευση είναι μία τέχνη. Πάνω απ όλα, έχει να κάνει με την ομορφιά. Με την διατήρηση της ομορφιάς, την απεικόνιση της ομορφιάς, τον τρόπο που θα βρει κάποιος για να αιχμαλωτίσει την ουσία ενός πουλιού ή ζώου όπως ισχυρίζεται ο επαγγελματίας βαλσαμωτης και σε εγκλωβίζει ως το τέλος.

Βρισκόμαστε στην Αγγλία το, σε μια μικρή επαρχία βουτηγμένη στους βάλτους που πλημμυρίζουν απειλητικά μετά απο κάθε νεροποντή.

Η Κόνι είναι η κόρη του ταριχευτή. Ζουν μαζί σε μια αγροικία και παλεύουν και οι δυο με τους δαίμονες του παρελθόντος χωρίς να μπορούν απο φόβο και αγάπη να μοιραστούν και να απαλύνουν τις πληγές τους.

Ο ταριχευτής είναι πλέον κατεστραμμένος οικονομικά, ψυχικά και σωματικά και προσπαθεί με το αλκοόλ να βρει τη λήθη στις ενοχές του.
Η Κόνι έχει αφαιρετικές κρίσεις και πλήρη έλλειψη μνήμης των πρώτων δώδεκα ετών της ζωής της που προήλθε μετά απο ένα ατυχημα,μια μοιραία και μακάβρια νύχτα.
Όταν ανακαλύπτει το πτώμα μιας γυναίκας στο ρέμα δίπλα στο σπιτι τους έιναι σχεδόν βέβαιη απο την αιτία θανάτου πως ο δολοφόνος είναι ο αλκοολικός πατέρας της.
Όμως απο δω και έπειτα ξεκινάει μια σειρά φόνων με σκοτεινό και σοκαριστικό τελετουργικό τρόπο που μας υποδεικνύει πως ο δράστης είναι ευφυής και γνώστης συγκεκριμένης τεχνικής καλλιτεχνικής σφαγής.

Δέρμα,αίμα,κόκκαλο.

Ο πανικός άρχισε να επιστρέφει, ο φόβος πυροδότησε την επιθυμία του να ελευθερωθεί. Παλεύοντας ξανά με τα δεσμά του. Ούτε δέρμα ούτε κορδέλα, αλλά κάτι κοφτερό. Σύρμα Κάθε φορά που κουνιόταν, μια λεπτή φλούδα δέρματος κοβόταν Τώρα με τρόμο συνειδητοποίησε ότι δεν τον εμπόδιζαν οι πληγές του να ανοίξει τα μάτια, τα βλέφαρα του ήταν ραμμένα

Παλιά κρυμμένα μυστικά, γκρίζο και μουντό τοπίο,απειλητική και λυτρωτική βροχή,ψυχολογική ένταση,άριστα δομημένοι χαρακτηρες,νεκροταφεία και εκκλησίες με υποσχέσεις συνάντησης με το θάνατο.

Καλή ανάγνωση. A perfect pageturner with engaging characters and atmospheric settings, Very enjoyable! Constantia Connie was twelve years old when she had a terrible accident, falling down the stairs and hitting her head on the marble tiles, She doesn't remember the accident nor anything in her life that happened before that, has just been told she almost died, Nowand unmarried she lives with her father, a once renowned Taxidermist in Fishbourne Marshes, in a dilapidated mansion called Blackthorn House, It is, in Sussex and a young woman's body is found dead, This will set long thought buried events into motion, because what Connie saw, which caused her to fall has cast reverberations down through the years and now come to fruition.


So incredibly atmospheric, the marshes, the birds, yes jackdaws, rooks, crows, magpies, which all have several meanings, Loved the character of Connie, the small glimpses into her forgotten memory that come to light, Loved the young boy, who tries to help, So many great characters which help lighten the pervasive darkness of the story, Who is the dead girl And what do the returning memories of Connie, signify, How dangerous is her remembering The details of the art of a taxidermist comes into play, both as quotes and the practice itself, This is the second book in as many weeks I have read featuring birds, I loved the plural of hummingbirds being called a charm,

but my new favorite may just be the storytelling of rooks,
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