Gothic mysteries & noir thrillers
J.S. Cross
J.S. Cross writes gothic mysteries and noir thrillers where the past never stays buried. The Veiled House mysteries turn English country houses into crime scenes with long memories. Across twenty-two titles, Cross returns to the same obsessions: vanished women, forged identities, and the moment a respectable façade cracks. Dark Americana with a European shadow — elegant, unsparing, and built for readers who like their mysteries with atmosphere you can feel.
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The Woman in the Vanishing Cabinet — A Veiled House Mystery
The Veiled House Mysteries series
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20 titles
A Design for Ruin
The Gilt Frame
The Grief Architect
The Optimal Couple
Blackglass — A Novel of Memory, Seduction, and the Perfect Crime
The Girl in the White Room
The Azure Labyrinth
Glass House Gambit — A California Noir Thriller
The Jasmine Noose
The Second Face
The Hellebore Vow
The Girls in Glass — A Global Gothic Mystery
Miami Mirage — A Miami Noir Thriller
Snowline — A Novel of Betrayal, Deceit, and Desire
The Ninth Bidder — A Psychological Noir Thriller
The Vesper Register — A Riviera Psychological Thriller
The Names Beneath Sugar — A Gothic Mystery of Old New Orleans
The House of Black Lacquer — A Shanghai Gothic Mystery
The Waterline — A Hurricane Katrina Novel of Conscience
The Last Séance in Havana — A Gothic Spy Novel of Revolutionary Cuba