{"id":4733,"date":"2025-01-22T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/?p=4733"},"modified":"2025-01-21T23:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T05:57:34","slug":"the-book-report-preview-gothictown-an-idyllic-small-town-with-a-darkness-lurking-beneath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/the-book-report-preview-gothictown-an-idyllic-small-town-with-a-darkness-lurking-beneath\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book Report Preview \u2013 \u201cGOTHICTOWN\u201d, an idyllic small town, with a darkness lurking beneath"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the tradition of Shirley Jackson\u2019s The Lottery and Sharp Objects<\/em> by Gillian Flynn bestselling author ofBurying the Honeysuckle Girls<\/em>, <\/strong>Emily Carpenter, brings us Gothictown<\/em><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The email that lands in Billie Hope\u2019s inbox seems like a gift from the universe. For $100, she can purchase a spacious Victorian home in Juliana, Georgia, a small town eager to boost its economy in the wake of the pandemic. She can leave behind her cramped New York City rental and the painful memories of shuttering her once thriving restaurant and start over with her husband and her daughter. Plus, she\u2019ll get a business grant to open a new restaurant in a charming riverside community laden with opportunity. It seems like a dream come true\u2026or a devil\u2019s bargain.<\/p>\n

A few phone calls and one hurried visit later, and Billie, Peter, and six-year-old Meredith are officially part of the Juliana Initiative. The town is everything promised\u2014two hours northwest of Atlanta but a world away from city living, a \u201cgentle jewel\u201d with weather as warm as its people. Between settling into their lavish home and starting her new restaurant, Billie is busy enough to dismiss any troubling signs\u2026<\/p>\n

But Billie\u2019s sleep is marred by haunting dreams, and her marriage with Peter is growing increasingly strained. Meanwhile the town elders, all descended from Juliana\u2019s founding families, exert a level of influence that feels less benevolent and more stifling day by day.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something about \u201cGentle Juliana\u201d\u2014something off-kilter and menacing beneath that famous Southern hospitality. And no matter how much Billie longed for her family to come here, she\u2019s starting to wonder how, and if, they\u2019ll ever leave.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Deadline reported in November that AMC<\/a> is in the early stages of development<\/a> on Gothictown<\/a>, a series adaptation of the forthcoming horror novel for which British-Nigerian writer Abby Ajayi<\/a> will serve as showrunner, writer, and executive producer.<\/p>\n

Carpenter is a bestselling author of suspense novels including Burying the Honeysuckle Girls, The Weight of Lies and Gothictown.<\/em> Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, she graduated from Auburn University and worked in New York City as an actor, producer, screenwriter, and behind-the-scenes soap opera assistant for the CBS shows As the World Turns and Guiding Light. She now lives with her family outside Atlanta, Georgia, and can be found online at EmilyCarpenterAuthor.com.<\/p>\n

Gothictown<\/em><\/strong> is set to be published March 25, 2025. My booklist for 2025 is spectacular, just saying – watch this space for a book report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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