by Katherine Howe · Voice/Hyperion · tapa dura · ISBN 9781401340902
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«The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane» is Katherine Howe's novel, published by Voice in hardback (371 pages, in English).
Connie Goodwin, a Harvard student, spends the summer in her grandmother's abandoned house near Salem. Finding an old key inside a 17th-century Bible, she discovers the name Deliverance Dane and sets out in search of a rare book of physick that holds secret knowledge. As she investigates, Connie is haunted by visions of the witch trials and fears she is more tied to Salem's dark past than she imagined.
The novel combines supernatural mystery and history, with a plot that alternates between Connie's present and the events of 17th-century Salem.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and mysteries with a supernatural backdrop.
Katherine Howe is an American novelist who lives in New England and New York City. She specializes in historical novels which she uses to query ideas about "the contingent nature of reality and belief." Her debut novel was the New York Times Bestseller The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (2009), related to the Salem witch trials. Its success led to her being a guest on several TV news shows, as well as "Salem: Unmasking The Devil" on the National Geographic Channel.
