Lawrence Block, Richard Adams, Roddy Doyle, Jeffery Deaver, Chuck Palahniuk, Joyce Carol Oates, Diana Wynne Jones, Peter Straub, Michael Marshall Smith, Michael Swanwick, Tim Powers, Joanne Harris, Gene Wolfe, Michael Moorcock, Stewart O'Nan, Jeffrey Ford, Walter Mosley,
This was spooky, gothic, a little FRANKENSTEIN-ish (is that a word?) and I liked the ending. If you like Jack the Ripper or Sweeney Todd era stuff, then this will be right up your alley, no pun intended. Haha