| Edition |
First US edition |
| ISBN |
9781951142247 (hardcover) |
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1951142241 (hardcover) |
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9781951142254 (ebook) |
| Descript |
403 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
The Inspector Cutter series ; [1]
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| Summary |
"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 jump from the window? Why is a cryptic message stitched 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 Inspector Cutter, a detective as sharp and committed to his work as he is wryly hilarious. Gideon Bliss, a Cambridge dropout in love with one of the missing girls, stumbles into a role as Cutter's sidekick. And clever young journalist Octavia Hillingdon sees the case as a chance to tell a story that matters-despite her employer's preference that she stick to a women's society column. As Inspector Cutter peels back the mystery layer by layer, he leads them all, at last, to the secrets that lie hidden at the house on Vesper Sands"-- Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Secrecy -- Fiction
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Nobility -- Fiction
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Missing persons -- Fiction
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Historical fiction
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London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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