Maplecroft

Overall an enjoyable enough Gothic horror tale, but a few of the characters were annoying and there are some plot holes/confusion (especially around the whole tetanus thing). Also, some of the text seemed eerily similar to parts of The Southern Reach trilogy (feeling a “resonance” and “clarity”, becoming other, etc.). It may be that both just drew on the Cthulu mythos, which I've never actually read (did I just ruin my nerd-girl cred?). Despite these quibbles, I am intrigued enough, especially by the inspector character, to read the next book in the series.