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The Golden Unicorn

  • 1976 first published
  • 316 pages
  • 14 editions

Published in 1976, The Golden Unicorn is a gothic fiction novel by Phyllis A. Whitney.

24 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 14 editions.

It runs to roughly 316 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Golden Unicorn

*"Don't try to find out who you are, Courtney. You may uncover horrors you're better off not knowing. Be satisfied with the loving parents who raised you. Let the door stay closed...."* On the southern shore of Long Island, in a foreboding East Hampton mansion, a violent encounter is in the making. Courtney Marsh has arrived at one of the island's great ancestral estates in search of a truth that has eluded her a lifetime: the identity of her own mother and father. The only clue she has to her past is a pendant she has always worn-a pendant bearing a golden unicorn-long an insignia of the strong-willed Rhodes family, one of East Hampton's most prominent, yet most reclusive, clans. But from the moment of her arrival there, Courtney's reception is quite different from any that a long-lost daughter might expect. For Courtney Marsh's fight to discover her heritage was unearthing the hushed-up facts behind a murder committed twenty-five years before...a very private scandal, the unveiling of which could not help but force the murderer's hand again...
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Gothic novels
  • Romantic thrillers
  • Suspense
  • Thrillers
  • Suspense thrillers
  • Romance

Quick answers

Who wrote The Golden Unicorn?

The Golden Unicorn was written by Phyllis A. Whitney and first published in 1976.

What genre is The Golden Unicorn?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction.

How long is The Golden Unicorn?

The median edition has 316 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Golden Unicorn?

Readers who like it often enjoy Here I stay, Airs Above the Ground and The Time of the Hunter's Moon.

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