The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru
A fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris must use her powers to divine who she can trust when an exiled Romanov princess and her brother come to her seeking answers about a decades-old mystery…
“The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru is a spine-tingling gothic tale of family, a legacy of secrets, and the dangerous cost of unearthing the past through a forbidden séance. Gilmore conjures 1920s Paris and the Russian émigré community, delivering a haunting and compelling story that is sure to grip readers.”
—Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book Society
“An ingenious literary magician, Gilmore effectively and elegantly conjures up Paris in the 1920s and its Russian émigré community, adding to her addictively readable gothic tale a dash of romance and a generous splash of spooky supernaturalism. Fans of Yangsze Choo’s The Fox Wife (2024) and Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist (2014) will be equally enamored with this bewitching tale.”
—Booklist (STARRED review)
“Readers follow Zina in the present and Valya in both the present and through flashbacks as this supernatural horror story winds its way through the vibrant streets of 1920s Paris and into the deadly politics of late 19th-century Russia, with headstrong Zina owning her powers and wielding them at any cost in search of the truth. VERDICT Gilmore’s (The Haunting of Moscow House) latest historical horror will be another crowd-pleaser. For fans of menacing supernatural tales of family secrets, ghosts, possession, and intrigue, such as Alma Katsu’s The Deep or Daphne Fama’s House of Monstrous Women.”
—Library Journal
The Haunting of Moscow House
In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family’s long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous—and deadly—to remember.
“Olesya Salnikova Gilmore’s sophomore novel is a Faberge egg confection: post-Imperial Russian history filigreed over classic gothic suspense. Aristocratic sisters Irina and Lili Goliteva struggle to find their footing in the new Communist regime, demoted to live in the attic of their elegant mansion as swaggering Soviet officials take over the wing below. But when ghostly apparitions begin to pile up the bodies at Moscow House, only the despised former countesses can unravel the secrets of past and present to halt the bloodshed. The Haunting of Moscow House will delight history lovers and gothic mystery lovers alike!”
—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye
“With graceful, captivating prose, Gilmore weaves a haunting tale of post-revolutionary Russia, about confronting the ghosts of a painful past to find hope for the future. Eerie and atmospheric, romantic and heartrending, The Haunting of Moscow House is a gorgeous historical gothic.”
— Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep
The Witch and the Tsar
In this stunning debut novel, the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will risk all to save her country and her people from Tsar Ivan the Terrible—and the dangerous gods who seek to drive the twisted hearts of men.
“Gilmore impresses with this feminist retelling of the Baba Yaga folktale set in 16th-century Russia…Gilmore’s immersive prose steeps readers in this wonderfully epic folktale full of magic and myth.”
—Library Journal (Starred Review)
“A rich and vivid tapestry of old Russia in an age when Tsar Ivan the Terrible grappled not only with political foes but with the legendary witch Baba Yaga and her command of magic and pagan gods. An evocative journey into old Russian myth and history, and a poignant exploration of what it means to be both human and immortal.”
—Margaret George, New York Times bestselling author of The Splendor Before the Dark
“A delicate weaving of myth and history, The Witch and the Tsar breathes new life into stories you think you know.”
—Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf