Teaser Tuesday: Victorian Psycho

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read

2: Open to a random page

3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

VICTORIAN PSYCHO BY VIRGINIA FEITO

This is my current read, I just started it last night so I am not very far into it, but if you like creepy psycho Nanny vibes in a book...you should pick this one up!

 Now on to the teaser...

' Go to bed, Miss Notty,' Mrs Pounds orders, less cheerily . I nod and obediently close the door upon them, the letter opener still in my hand. I toss it into the basin on the wash stand, where it falls with a clink, the hall boy's blood smeared on the porcelain.

I blow out the candle.

Bodies pile up in the attic.

Last paragraph of Chapter XXIII

Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess—she’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only jokeabout eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate’s dreary confines come with an intimate knowledge of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family—Mr. Pounds can’t keep his eyes off Winifred’s chest, and Mrs. Pounds takes a sickly pleasure in punishing Winifred for her husband’s wandering gaze. Compounded with her disdain for the entitled Pounds children, Winifred finds herself struggling at every turn to stifle the violent compulsions of her past. French tutoring and needlework are one way to pass the time, as is admiring the ugly portraits in the gallery . . . and creeping across the moonlit lawns. . . .

Patience. Winifred must have patience, for Christmas is coming, and she has very special gifts planned for the dear souls of Ensor House.