Candles Burning

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Candles Burning is a Southern Gothic mystery novel co-written by Tabitha King and the late Michael McDowell, completed and published after McDowell’s death.

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instanceOf Southern Gothic novel
mystery novel
novel
author Michael McDowell
Tabitha King
completedBy Tabitha King
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Phil Heffernan
genre Southern Gothic
mystery fiction
hasCharacter Calley Dakin
Calley’s family members
hasStyle Gothic
darkly atmospheric
hasSubject eccentric families
ghosts
murder
revenge
hasTheme Southern family dynamics
childhood trauma
class and social status in the South
family secrets
inheritance and legacy
supernatural elements
hasTone darkly humorous
macabre
suspenseful
intendedAudience adult readers
isbn10 0425212110
isbn13 9780425212110
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement contemporary Southern Gothic
mainCharacter Calliope "Calley" Dakin
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrativeStructure chronological with flashbacks
pageCount 416
placeOfPublication New York City
publicationStatus posthumous collaboration
publicationYear 2006
publisher Berkley Books
settingRegion Southern United States
surface form: American South
startedBy Michael McDowell
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century

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Tabitha King notableWork Candles Burning