The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse

Y por mucho que haya tenido esas ganas de que la historia me guste (con su taxidermia, ambientación victoriana y demás detalles), no logró levantarse de lo mediocre en ninguno de los aspectos que suelo tener en cuenta a la hora de evaluar si un libro valió la pena o no. 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.Ĭreo que lo más apropiado que puedo decir de este libro es que fue insatisfactorio.

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?

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. As the last notes fade into the dark, a woman lies dead. No one sees the gloved hand pick up a flint. The bell begins to toll and all eyes are fixed on the church. The stuffed animals that used to grace every parlour are out of fashion, leaving Gifford a disgraced and bitter man. At 17, Constantia Gifford lives with her father in a decaying house: it is all that is left of Gifford's once world-famous museum of taxidermy.

Standing alone is the taxidermist's daughter. Here, where the estuary leads out to the sea, superstitions still hold sway. 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.

The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse