Copyright © 2025 by Camilla Bruce

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bruce, Camilla, author.

Title: At the bottom of the garden: a novel / Camilla Bruce.

Description: New York: Del Rey, 2025.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024037743 (print) | LCCN 2024037744 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780593724958 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780593724965 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Gothic fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PR9144.9.B78 A92 2025 (print) | LCC PR9144.9.B78 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20241025

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2024037743

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2024037744

Ebook ISBN 9780593724965

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Cover design: Sophia Chunn

Cover photos: Geerati/Getty Images (house and landscape), Piotr Krzeslak/Adobe Stock (raven), Adobe Stock (dirt pile), DamThin/Adobe Stock (extra grass)

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