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OverviewWith all the wit of a Jane Austen novel, and a case as beguiling as any in Sherlock Holmes's casebook, Paraic O'Donnell introduces a detective duo for the ages, and slowly unlocks the secrets of a startling Victorian mystery. London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling, serpentine world of Paraic O'Donnell's Victorian-inspired mystery, the story of a city cloaked in shadow, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress choose to jump out of that window? Why is there a cryptic message sewn into her skin? And how is she connected to a rash of missing girls, all of whom seem to have disappeared under similar circumstances? On the case is Gideon Bliss, a young Cambridge dropout who is in love with one of the missing girls, and his partner Inspector Cutter, a detective as sharp and committed to his work as he is wryly hilarious. There's also Octavia Hillingdon, a young reporter determined to tell stories that feel important despite her employer's preference that she write a women's society column. By turns clever, surprising, and impossible to put down, The House on Vesper Sands peels back the mystery layer by layer, offering in the strange undertow of late nineteenth-century London a startling glimpse at the secrets we all hold inside us. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paraic O'Donnell , Charles ArmstrongPublisher: HighBridge Audio Imprint: HighBridge Audio Edition: Library Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 16.80cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9781665173964ISBN 10: 1665173963 Publication Date: 12 January 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationParaic O'Donnell's essays and reviews have appeared in The Guardian, The Spectator, The Irish Times, and elsewhere. His first novel, The Maker of Swans, was named the Amazon Rising Stars Debut and was shortlisted for the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards. Charles Armstrong is a narrator and actor whose theater work includes productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, and he was in the West End production of Round The Horne ... Revisited. His television and film credits include Holby City, EastEnders, Head Over Heels, Poirot, The King's Speech, and The Navigators. He has also recorded numerous voice-overs and was part of the BBC Radio Repertory. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |