Patrick McGrath is the author of numerous novels, including "Port Mungo," "Asylum," "Spider," "The Grotesque," and "Martha Peake: A Novel of the Revolution," He lives in New York.
When Ambrose Tree is summoned by his ancient uncle to the brooding mansion Drogo Hall, he suspects it's to hear the old man's dying words and then collect a sizable inheritance. He has no idea he is about to learn the bizarre story of Harry Peake, Cornish...[SEE MORE]