Sleep, Pale Sister is a hypnotically atmospheric story set in nineteenth-century London, crafted by the bestselling author Joanne Harris. This gothic tour-de-force recalls the powerfully dark sensibility of her novel Holy Fools.

When puritanical artist Henry Chester sees the delicate child beauty Effie, he makes her his favorite model and, before long, his bride. But Henry, volatile and repressed, is in love with an ideal. The passive, docile, and asexual woman he projects onto Effie is far from the woman she really is.

As Effie begins to discover the murderous depths of Henry's hypocrisy, her latent passion will rise to the surface. Sleep, Pale Sister combines the ethereal beauty of a Pre-Raphaelite painting with a chilling high gothic tale, showcasing Harris's brimming cornucopia of talents.