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Rottenheart : The unmissable new gothic horror novel from the author of Hungerstone - Kat Dunn

Rottenheart

The unmissable new gothic horror novel from the author of Hungerstone

By: Kat Dunn

Hardcover | 4 June 2026

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From the author of Hungerstone, an unmissable gothic, sapphic, gender-swapped reimagining of Hamlet

THE UNMISSABLE NEW SAPPHIC GOTHIC HORROR NOVEL FROM KAT DUNN, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF HUNGERSTONE AND BITTERTHORN

'Feed this directly into my veins' TAYLOR JENKINS REID

'A darkly intoxicating and fierce sapphic retelling of Hamlet. Extraordinary' LUCY ROSE, author of The Lamb


'Sinister and devastating.
I want to read it again and again and again' BEA FITZGERALD

Revenge me. For I am murdered . . .

Odette and Cecilia are young women, living between their grand homes in Hampstead and the imposing, ancient Herne House in Suffolk. Though Odette's artist mother Lydia keeps a tight grasp on her, she and her beloved Cecilia are mostly left free to roam, to learn and to love.

But when Lydia inexplicably sickens and dies, a dark veil falls. As the funeral rites are performed, Odette's aunt, the cold and implacable Claudine, increasingly takes charge of the household, while her father retreats to his study. Odette, lost in grief, disappears into the shadows.

But as Claudine is announced as Odette's new stepmother, a sinister presence in the house makes itself known. To her horror, Odette realises that despite her death, Lydia never really left. And now she wants revenge . . .

Inspired by Hamlet, the ultimate revenge tragedy, Rottenheart is the stunning new sapphic gothic horror novel from Kat Dunn, the lauded author of Hungerstone and Bitterthorn. Set in the 1890s, this a story of love and grief, mothers and daughters, death and madness.

'Sinister and devastating. I want to read it again and again and again' Bea Fitzgerald


Praise for HUNGERSTONE

'Rich and daring' Ava Reid

'Phenomenal' Samantha Shannon

'An extraordinary book' Jennifer Saint

'Hungerstone grabbed me body and soul' Anya Bergman

'Intoxicating and vivid . . . Sensual and vicious' Hannah Kaner

'A true feast for all the senses' Cosmopolitan

'A beguiling and spellbinding story of female repression and appetite' Heat

'A fabulous gothic feast of a novel' Elodie Harper


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