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“A lush, evocative Gothic.” —THE BRAND NEW York Times Reserve Review

“This terrifically interesting book will jolt, thrill, and bewitch visitors.” —Booklist, starred review

Obsession is an art.

In this “sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative story of love, art, and obsession” (Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train), a lovely young girl aspires to become an designer, about The Doll Stock while a man’s dark obsession may destroy her globe forever.

In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition has been erected in Hyde Park and, among the audience watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet up with by happenstance. For Iris, an arrestingly attractive aspiring artist, it is a brief and forgettable second but also for Silas, a curiosity collector enchanted by everything strange and gorgeous, the meeting marks a fresh beginning.

When Iris is asked to model for Pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees in the problem that he will also teach her to color. Suddenly, her globe begins to broaden beyond her wildest dreams—but she’s no proven fact that bad is waiting around in the shadows. Silas provides only considered one thing since that possibility conference, and his obsession is definitely darkening each day.

“A page-turning psychological thriller” (Essie Fox, author of The Somnambulist) that will haunt you longer after you finish it, The Doll Factory is perfect for fans from the Alienist, Drood, as well as the Historian.