Oh, wow. I really enjoyed this, in a gothic, escapist sort of a way. Chapter 13 was creepy in the extreme, it really got me, and apart from an unfortunate reliance on death in water and the repeated use of the word waked, there's very little to complain about. Characterisation was powerful, the plot was clever and although these things do have to end in a set way it was handled cleverly enough that I really felt as if I'd come away from a novel with a lot going for it.