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Meredith Allard’s The Professor of Eventide enticingly draws from and embodies the lore surrounding American gothic literature. A nearly perfect book. —IndieReader
The Professor of Eventide is a captivating blend of Gothic mystery, dark academia, and supernatural suspense. Meredith Allard delivers a richly atmospheric novel filled with memorable characters, literary intrigue, and enough twists to keep readers guessing until the last pages. —Midwest Book Review
Echoing many of Poe’s works, Allard’s story is built backward and written in an atmospheric style punctuated with dread and fright. Psychological terror looms large as Ferrars constantly questions himself, his actions, and his memory. A stylish Poe-pourri of murder, mystery, and madness. —Kirkus Reviews
Lyrical. Atmospheric. Gothic. And a good dose of Poe. The Professor of Eventide is yet another winner from Meredith Allard. —Mary Ressenor
As a longtime fan of the Dark Academia genre, The Professor of Eventide is just what I ordered. If you’re a literature nerd like me, you’ll want to read this. —Austen Reviews
The shore of Coastal Maine and the campus of Eventide College come to life in The Professor of Eventide. A true literary mystery with a twist you may not see coming. —Allbooks Review
Between Southshore’s blizzards, a gaslit manor that feels straight out of a gothic dream, and a subterranean library, the settings are visually dramatic. Add necromantic journals and artifacts tied to immortality, and you get a mystery that is literary and completely irresistible to those who love Poe with a supernatural twist. 5 stars. —Jamie Michele, Readers’ Favorite
Two thumbs up from this Poe enthusiast. A truly spellbinding journey into darkness and obsession! —The Sassy Bookworm
For readers drawn to the Dark Academia of The Secret History, the Gothic mystery of The Historian, and the psychological darkness of Edgar Allan Poe, The Professor of Eventide is a slow-burning literary mystery about obsession, immortality, and the dangerous persistence of the past.
Professor Jonathan Ferrars has spent a very long time keeping his secrets. When Jonathan arrives at Eventide College, he hopes to disappear into the rituals of academic life. But Jonathan has lived long enough to know that the past is never truly buried. It waits in old books, forgotten stories, and the memories of people who are supposed to be dead and gone.
Then, during the autumn term, three of his students are murdered in a manner that feels less like a crime than a ritual. As the police close in, Jonathan begins to recognize a pattern in the deaths—a meticulously constructed design that reaches into the history of Eventide College and places him at its center. But the deeper he ventures into the mystery, the more dangerous it becomes for a man who has spent a lifetime concealing the truth about himself.
Jonathan knows more about death than anyone around him. He knows what it means to watch generations pass while remaining behind. He knows the burden of memories that should have faded centuries ago. And he knows some secrets become harder to keep with every passing year.
At Eventide, however, the past has begun to awaken.
A haunting Gothic meditation on intellectual obsession, isolation, immortality, and the predatory nature of history, The Professor of Eventide is a literary mystery in the tradition of Poe—where clues cast long shadows, stories conceal other stories, and the dead are never quite as distant as they seem.