Description
' Laura is a masterful writer, her deliciously gothic stories so skilfully woven that you can't get them out of your head even if you wanted to' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars ' The Corset is a contender for my Book of the Year. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece' Sarah Hilary Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder. When Dorothea's charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she finds herself drawn to Ruth, a teenage seamstress - and self-confessed murderess - who nurses a dark and uncanny secret. A secret that is leading her straight to the gallows. As Ruth reveals her disturbing past to Dorothea, the fates of these two women entwine, and with every revelation, a new layer of doubt is cast... Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer? *Laura Purcell's spine-chilling new novel, The Whispering Muse is out now*
| EAN: | 9781408889527 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 02.05.2019 |
| Beilage: | Paperback |
| Autoren: | Purcell, Laura |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 394 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Gothic |
| Keyword: | The Silent Companions; best female fiction; early Victorian psychology psychological spooky suspense; The Whispering Muse; Thoughtful best personal; The Haunting Season; best selling books 2019; Great quick present ideas for; summer reads; Secret Santa stocking filler; Christmas xmas reads 2022; Christmassy seasonal gift; Festive last minute bookworm; summer reading; spooky books; autumn read; twist; nineteenth-century historical fiction; early psychology; crime; book recommendations 2023; gothic duality; unreliable narrator; chilling read; needle thread; gripping unputdownable novel |
| Fachschema: | Englische Belletristik / Historischer Kriminalroman~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Historischer Kriminalroman |
| Fachkategorie: | Historischer Roman~Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch~Historische Kriminalromane |
| Imprint-Titels: | Raven Books |
| Länge: | 198 mm |
| Breite: | 126 mm |
| Höhe: | 30 mm |