Chez Usher by Vicki Hendricks
When architect August Dupin shows up at a crumbling Key West mansion, he’s hoping to kick-start his career with an eye-catching renovation. Instead, he gets tangled up with Roderick & Madeline Usher, glamorous, half-mad twins living in a mansion that’s as doomed as their family line.
Behind every fraying velvet curtain lurks a secret, and the atmosphere is thick with forbidden desires and the haunting echoes of the past.
Get ready for forbidden desires, a house that hates you, and secrets served up with a side order of noir decadence.
Vicki Hendricks weaves a tale that’s equal parts atmospheric noir and psychological thriller, exploring obsession, human frailty, and the high price of passion.
This Halloween, decadence is a dangerous business.
Praise for Chez Usher
“Chez Usher marks the darkly glorious return of one of the best to ever do it: Vicki Hendricks. A richly gothic, camp-tinged riff on Edgar Allan Poe, Chez Usher offers a uniquely dark spin on sex, drugs and bad behavior in Key West, with a cast of desperate characters skilled in canny manipulation. Not to be missed.” — Megan Abbott, New York Times best-selling author of Beware the Woman
“Vicki Hendricks is back! It's a good thing, too, because this twisted and extremely sexy reworking of “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a tale only she could have told. True love, offhand sex, languid heat, tropical foliage, and a malevolent mansion combine here for a book I couldn't put down. Pick it up; you'll miss something wonderful and unique if you don't.” — SJ Rozan, best-selling author of The Murder of Mr. Ma
“The gothic chills of Edgar Allan Poe meet the gonzo debauched mayhem of Florida Man in Vicki Hendricks' superb Chez Usher. I loved this book — sexy, dark, depraved, and spooky, this is gothic noir at its finest. A rock n' roll Poe retelling that fits the madness of the 21st century.” — Halley Sutton, USA Today best-selling author of The Hurricane Blonde
“An ethereal, evocative, and unputdownable homage to Edgar Allen Poe. What Vicki Hendricks did for noir in Miami Purity, she does for the haunted house story in Chez Usher. Don’t miss this one” — Sara Gran, best-selling author of The Book of the Most Precious Substance
“When one of noir's legendary mavericks takes on Poe, you know it's going to be a funky, bizarre and nerve-jangling ride. This book oozes cool, creepy vibes as dark as the shadow Chez Usher casts over the neighborhood. Hendricks has triumphed!” — A. Neil Smith, best-selling author of Slow Bear
“A fierce and fearless talent.” — Denis Lehane, author of Mystic River
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