| Description |
367 pages ; 21 cm |
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Publisher's website refers to author as "Marjorie DeLuca". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
England, 1873. Clara Blackstone has just been released after one year in a private asylum for the insane. Clara has two goals: to reunite with her husband, Henry, and to never--ever--return to the asylum. As she enters Durham, Clara finds her carriage surrounded by a mob gathered to witness the imprisonment of Mary Ann Cotton--England's first female serial killer--accused of poisoning nearly twenty people, including their husbands and children. Clara soon finds the oppressive confinement of her marriage no less terrifying than the white-tiled walls of Hoxton. And as she grows increasingly suspicious of Henry's intentions, her fascination with Cotton grows. Soon, Cotton is not just a notorious figure from the headlines, but an unlikely confidante, mentor--and perhaps accomplice--in Clara's struggle to protect her money, her freedom and her life. |
| Subject |
Cotton, Mary Ann, 1832-1873 -- Fiction.
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Mentally ill women -- Fiction.
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Husband and wife -- Fiction.
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Mass murderers -- Fiction.
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Female offenders -- Fiction.
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Women -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Detective and mystery stories.
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Mystery fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781947848672 (paperback) |
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1947848674 (paperback) |
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