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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
It's gothic horror so it's sort of Dark Romanticism.
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I disagree. It's not horror in the usual meaning of the term. It's a pure locked-room mystery. The "grotesque and bizarre" probably refers to the nature of the crime, although even that's an exaggeration, in my opinion.
To answer the original question, there are no supernatural elements, and the murders are not overly graphic. It's a good story. I especially like the way the different witnesses interpret what they see according to their nationalities and cultural backgrounds.
Mike