Opium and Absinthe

A Novel

Author: Lydia Kang

Read by: Bailey Carr

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From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes another spellbinding historical novel full of intrigue, occult mystery, and unexpected twists.

New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke&;s sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds on her neck. Bram Stoker&;s new novel, Dracula, has just been published, and Tillie&;s imagination leaps to the impossible: the murderer is a vampire. But it can&;t be&;can it?

A ravenous reader and researcher, Tillie has something of an addiction to truth, and she won&;t rest until she unravels the mystery of her sister&;s death. Unfortunately, Tillie&;s addicted to more than just truth; to ease the pain from a recent injury, she&;s taking more and more laudanum&;and some in her immediate circle are happy to keep her well supplied.

Tillie can&;t bring herself to believe vampires exist. But with the hysteria surrounding her sister&;s death, the continued vampiric slayings, and the opium swirling through her body, it&;s becoming increasingly difficult for a girl who relies on facts and figures to know what&;s real&;or whether she can trust those closest to her.

Industry Reviews

"Opium and Absinthe is a compelling historical fiction...Fans of Kang's previous work (A Beautiful Poison, 2017) will best appreciate her trademark historical-mystery plot." --Booklist

"Kang's whirlwind tour of New York in the Naughty '90s is worth the price of admission." --Publishers Weekly

"Lydia Kang is one of the great virtuosos of the crime genre...Well-researched, grounded in the past, and ultra-relevant to today's opioid epidemic, Opium and Absinthe is not to be missed." --CrimeReads

"A new historical novel full of intrigue, occult mystery, and unexpected twists." --Criminal Element

"An impressively original, inherently fascinating, compulsive page turner of a novel, Lydia Kang knows how to hold her reader's rapt attention from first page to last." --Midwest Book Review

"Kang's language is exquisite, matching the fine society she writes so fluidly about. It's fair to say this is similar to a Jane Austen novel and readers of feminist literature will embrace it easily. Opium and Absinthe is a perfect concoction of romance and mystery that boils down to studies in addiction and gaining independence in a suffocating world." --Haunted by Deadlines

"Opium and Absinthe is the richly seductive tale of a young Gilded Age heiress's journey down a beguiling but dangerous path in search of her sister's blood-draining killer. Chillingly timely in its portrait of opiates' deadly allure, Kang's story shimmers with betrayed innocence and the power of trusting one's inner compass." --Marlowe Benn, author of Relative Fortunes

"Twisty and spooky and smart, Kang's mystery richly captures the era with its packed full, fast-moving plot and a complex heroine whose flaws feel both very real and tremendously sympathetic." --Megan Chance, author of A Drop of Ink, The Visitant, Inamorata, and Bone River

"Fascinating, funny, thrilling and even a little scary, Opium and Absinthe is a rare treat. Wonderfully written, and meticulously researched, Opium and Absinthe is a page-turner that left me wanting more." --Eoin Dempsey, bestselling author of White Rose, Black Forest

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