Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pandora | 2022 | Susan Stokes-Chapman | Buy |
| 2 | The Shadow Key | 2024 | Susan Stokes-Chapman | Buy |
Susan Stokes-Chapman’s standalone novels share a gothic sensibility and historical English settings, but each tells its own story. Pandora follows a young woman working in her uncle’s antiques shop in 1799 London who discovers a mysterious ancient Greek vase. The Shadow Key takes readers to a remote Welsh estate where old secrets are buried.
Both novels blend historical detail with suspenseful plotting. Stokes-Chapman’s background in antiques and decorative arts gives her writing a physical richness when it comes to objects and settings.