Please...help me find this book! [Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino]

Have you ever come across an intriguing book but didn't have a) enough money to buy it, or b) enough common sense to make a note of the title? This happened to me about a month ago.

The novel in question - a newly published paperback - was set in Victorian England and was about a woman who takes a job looking after two children whose previous governess was 'orribly murdered. It sounds rather like a reworking of The Turn of the Screw, but there was also a Fairyland/fantasy element. I can't remember the author's surname but it sounded Italian.

I know this isn't very helpful, but I'd be most grateful if one of you knowledgable literary types could help me out!

Anninyn said:

Oh! I bought what I think have been that one before I moved. But for the life of me I can't remember the name! I can remember the UK cover - a pen-and-ink style representation of a hosue in a woodland clearing, and I remember every detail of the plot and even some of the lines, but I can't remember the name.

Let me apply my google fu.

Edit: Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling?

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Oh, thank God - this has been driving me mad for weeks. Your google-fu is obviously better than mine!