The Infirmary : The chilling new gothic thriller from the author of The Toll House, perfect for Halloween 2025 - Carly Reagon

The Infirmary : The chilling new gothic thriller from the author of The Toll House, perfect for Halloween 2025 - Carly Reagon

Carly Reagon

£10.99

Available to order

Not on our shelves today. We’ll order it in and post it out — with you in 2–3 working days.

  • Pages · 384 pages
  • Publication Date · 17/09/2026
  • Genre · Horror & ghost stories
Collect in store Pick it up free from the shop in Oxford's Covered Market, usually quicker than the post.
Delivery Standard tracked £1.99, free on orders over £20. Express tracked £2.99.
Book Lovers' Happy Hour Three cocktails matched to your taste, three books chosen for you, an hour and a half at the bar. £60 per person. Book a place →
***The haunting, unbearably tense ghost story from the author of The Toll House***Looking for more Carly Reagon? Her electrifying new ghostly thriller, The Midnight Lodge, is available to pre-order now_________Obsession is a sicknessFor which there is no cure. Suffolk, 1847. Charles Keller needs to escape London, so he leaps when he is offered a position as surgeon at a country infirmary for the poor. But St Cross is not as he expected, and he soon finds himself reflecting on a promise he once made. A promise to do no harm. Some promises are made to be broken. Suffolk, 2023. Liam has brought his family to an old country house for their family holiday, a former infirmary called St Cross. He can't tell them why they are really here, but he hopes that, after this, he can start again. No more lies, no more secrets. But what Liam doesn't know is that the house is keeping secrets of its own. And some secrets are so dark, they should never be brought to light.

Only at Gulp Fiction

Book Lovers' Happy Hour

An hour and a half at the bar, with three cocktails matched to your taste and three books chosen for you. Tell us what you like when you book, and we'll have them waiting when you arrive.

  • 1½ hours
  • £60 per person
  • 3 cocktails, 3 books
Book Happy Hour

Up to four of you can come — book a place each and choose the same time slot, then tell us who you're with. For larger groups, email gulpfictionbooks@gmail.com and we'll arrange it.

Three customers at the window table in Gulp Fiction, cocktails in hand beside a stack of books, with Oxford's Covered Market visible through the glass

Collect in store

Order online and pick it up from the shop. It's free, and usually quicker than the post.

Find us

Units 28–29, Covered Market, Oxford OX1 3DU. Mon–Wed 10–5, Thu–Sat 10–10, Sun 11–4.

Book a table

The bar is open late Thursday to Saturday. Reserve a table for a drink among the books.