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A thrilling Gothic novel for fans of Sarah Waters Spitalfields, 1840. Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End. When a murderer strikes, ripping open the chests of young girls and stuffing hair into their mouths to resemble a beak, Catherine is both horrified and fascinated. As the murders continue to panic the city, however, she gradually realizes she is snared in a deadly trap, where nothing is as it first appears -- for lurking behind the lies Catherine has been told are secrets more deadly and devastating than anything her imagination can conjure.

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Pitch-perfect ... This intoxicating and disturbing novel is properly thrilling and extraordinarily well-written Independent on Sunday A dark story of murder and obsession Elle An eerie murder mystery set in the corrupt heart of Victorian London Marie Claire Good Book Club pick Part-bodice-ripper, part-slasher, the book's elaborate plot moves along at a brisk clip with a nod to the likes of Sarah Waters and Peter Ackroyd Daily Mail A sure-footed evocation of seamy Victorian London The Sunday Telegraph A sinister picture of a country, and protagonist, on the brink of hysteria Psychologies As crowded with sensation as a Victorian parlour with furniture The Scotsman A spider's web of a plot and a spine-tingling atmosphere of menace and suspense The Times Mesmerising, elegant and compelling The Lady

Pitch-perfect . . . This intoxicating and disturbing novel is properly thrilling and extraordinarily well-written * Independent on Sunday * A dark story of murder and obsession * Elle * An eerie murder mystery set in the corrupt heart of Victorian London * Marie Claire Good Book Club pick * Part-bodice-ripper, part-slasher, the book's elaborate plot moves along at a brisk clip with a nod to the likes of Sarah Waters and Peter Ackroyd * Daily Mail * A sure-footed evocation of seamy Victorian London * The Sunday Telegraph * A sinister picture of a country, and protagonist, on the brink of hysteria * Psychologies * As crowded with sensation as a Victorian parlour with furniture * The Scotsman * A spider's web of a plot and a spine-tingling atmosphere of menace and suspense * The Times * Mesmerising, elegant and compelling * The Lady *

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Kate studied at Oxford and London and is the author of two non-fiction books- England's Mistress- the Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton and Becoming Queen. She lives in London. The Pleasures of Men is her first novel.

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