dower house, lush and irresistible, draws people to it like moths to a flame. among those caught in its spell are james and nemo boyce, who buy it, and harry harris, who becomes possessed by both the house and its mistress. but disturbing events - the mysterious death of a favorite dog, ghostly music in the woods, fleeting reflections in an old mirror - give warning of another presence. and then, at the boyces' housewarming party, an uninvited guest makes an appearance: sarah moore, dazzling actress, beautiful, lustful, murderous - and dead for 150 years. as nemo begins to undergo a series of bizarre changes, harry, obsessively in love with her, finds himself swept up into an ever-tightening spiral of tragedy ...one of valancourt's most exciting rediscoveries in years, rosalind ashe's slow-burn gothic horror tale moths (1976) was a critical hit on both sides of the atlantic and earned comparisons to daphne du maurier's classic rebecca."a magical novel, passionate, exciting, and beautifully written." - iris murdoch"could be a young daphne du maurier . . . fans of rebecca will be moths to the flame." - publishers weekly"a beautifully written and beautifully constructed novel of mounting fear and terror ... wonderfully scary, wonderfully exotic ... absolutely riveting." - stephen king (on rosalind ashe's hurricane wake)"a first novel of power and imagination . . . the conclusion is genuinely frightening." - the guardian"a first novel as well crafted as any classic of its kind." - the pittsburgh press