Description
'Ingenious' - The Sunday Times 'I genuinely could not put this down' - Stacey Halls 'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' - Gillian McAllister A Victorian gothic thriller from Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory. She wants him. He'll take Everything. London, 1839. Bonnie is running from a terrible crime. She and her lover Crawford have gone too far this time, and now she needs to disappear. When Crawford secures her a position as lady's maid in a grand house on the Thames, Bonnie thinks she has found safety. But Endellion is a strange place, haunted by the recent death of its mistress. As Bonnie comes to understand the family who live here, she begins to question what secrets might be lying behind the house's paper-thin walls. Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet . . . 'Gothic and gripping, full of twists and turns . I was hooked from the first page' - Flora Carr 'A book to sink into and relish. Dark, clever, with a twist worthy of your attention' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' - Susan Stokes-Chapman
| EAN: | 9781529090963 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 05.06.2025 |
| Autoren: | Macneal, Elizabeth |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 336 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Thrillers / Historical |
| Keyword: | Victorian London; Victorians; historical fiction; historical; gothic; Strawberry Hill House; cemetery; graveyard; women; female power; crime; murder; empowering; thrilling; gripping; suspense; love; mystery; secret; mystery; 19th century; 1800s; trick plot; rumour; affair; mysterious death; obsession; mausoleum; burial; burial site; tricks; deceit; danger; trap; atmospheric; thriller; disruption; Bonnie; Crawford; dark |
| Fachschema: | Victorianisch~Viktorianisch~London / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Historische Kriminalromane~Historische Liebesromane~Historischer Roman~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Tod, Trauer, Verlust~Erzählerisches Thema: Identität / Zugehörigkeit~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Raumwahrnehmung |
| Altersempfehlung / Lesealter: | 18 |
| ab Alter: | 18 |
| Imprint-Titels: | Picador |
| Länge: | 197 mm |
| Breite: | 130 mm |