Tales From the Dark Stacks

Join us at the Valencia Library community room for Tales from the Dark Stacks, a paranormal themed book club. Themes will include anything from the eerie, otherworldly, ghosts, haunts, cryptids, folklore, and the supernatural. 

This month's pick is: The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

From Goodreads:

When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But with her husband dead just weeks after their marriage, her new servants resentful, and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. Inside her new home lies a locked door, beyond which is a painted wooden figure —a silent companion —-that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself. The residents of The Bridge are terrified of the figure, but Elsie tries to shrug this off as simple superstition--that is, until she notices the figure's eyes following her.

A Victorian ghost story that evokes a most unsettling kind of fear, this is a tale that creeps its way through the consciousness in ways you least expect--much like the silent companions themselves.