Stutley Tillinghast lives a solitary life, ostensibly as the minister of a remote rural parish in Rhode Island. For many decades now, what little human contact he allows himself has been brief, frenzied and bloody, and always ends in a shallow grave in his cellar.
You and I would have a name for what he is, but he prefers not to use it - he has needs, and when they become unbearable, he fulfils them.
Then the girl arrives - 19 years old, she has travelled from the UK to find him. She seems to have his surname, and her resemblance to him is uncanny. She is sick - very sick - and Tillinghast recognises her symptoms all too well. Which means he also knows what she needs…
| ISBN: | 9780008742539 |
| Publication date: | 4th June 2026 |
| Author: | Clare Cavenagh |
| Publisher: | The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Health and illness Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Identity / belonging Horror and Supernatural Fiction Family Drama Historical Fiction |
Stutley Tillinghast lives a solitary life, ostensibly as the minister of a remote rural parish in Rhode Island. For many decades now, what little human contact he allows himself has been brief, frenzied and bloody, and always ends in a shallow grave in his cellar.
You and I would have a name for what he is, but he prefers not to use it - he has needs, and when they become unbearable, he fulfils them.
Then the girl arrives - 19 years old, she has travelled from the UK to find him. She seems to have his surname, and her resemblance to him is uncanny. She is sick - very sick - and Tillinghast recognises her symptoms all too well. Which means he also knows what she needs…
Tillinghast features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Health and illness, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Family Drama, Historical Fiction
Tillinghast is available in Hardback, Paperback
Tillinghast was written by Clare Cavenagh and published by The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Tillinghast has 256 pages
£15.29