'All the elegance and all the venom, like one of E. Nesbit's supernatural stories served with a side of arsenic.' Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House 'A propulsive novel with gorgeous prose and incredible characters you won't soon forget.' Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Reluctant Immortals and The Haunting of Velkwood 'One gorgeously morbid gothic novel that's just as gleeful as it is gashlycrumb.' Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters 'Theatrical and deliciously dark, this book is pure magic' A.J. West, author of The Spirit Engineer 'Bruces unique cast of characters is both charming and terrifying. A young synesthetic musician, an even younger sensitive, a murderous aunt, and a houseful of furious ghosts its all here! A delightful read.' Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches 'A murderess becomes the guardian of two very unusual girls in this mesmerizing gothic novel from acclaimed author Camilla Bruce.' Nerd Daily 'At the Bottom of the Garden delivers everything I've come to expect from Bruce's writing. The prose is beautiful, its characters are brilliant, and it smartly uses fairy tale and gothic tropes to explore the lives of unusual women. And for a novel that's so much about grief and loss, it might just be her most fun story yet. Long may her reign as the Queen of literary feminist horror continue.' Jonathan Thornton for The Fantasy Hive 'The exciting, ultimately emotional final act of this energetic and satisfying novel will scratch the itch of readers looking for an icy read that's a little bit creepy, a little bit funny, and just predictable enough to be comforting-if you like your comfort served with axe murders, poison, and ectoplasmic tadpoles.' Wade Newhouse for LA Review of Books 'A brilliant story of a cynical, greedy, murdering woman outsmarted by two seemingly innocent young girls. It is also very often darkly humorous. I loved it! Very very highly recommended.' Mystery People review