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This week I’ve picked a book on my to-read list which sounds really interesting – it’s set in 19th century London. I’ve seen some really mixed reviews so am interested to give it a go and see if it draws me in!
Title: The Wicked Cometh
Author: Laura Carlin
Publish date: 8 February 2018
[Synopsis]
The Wicked Cometh will take readers on a heart-racing journey through backstreets swathed with fog to richly curtained, brightly lit country houses; from the libraries and colleges of gentlemen, to sawdust-strewn gin palaces where ne’er-do-wells drink and scheme, all told through the eyes of a heroine with nothing to lose.
The year is 1831. Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and no one is willing to speak out on behalf of the city’s vulnerable poor as they disappear from the streets.
Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible.
When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious Rebekah Brock. But whispers from her past slowly begin to poison her new life and both she and Rebekah are lured into the most sinister of investigations.
Hester and Rebekah find themselves crossing every boundary they’ve ever known in pursuit of truth, redemption and passion. But their trust in each other will be tested as a web of deceit begins to unspool, dragging them into the blackest heart of a city where something more depraved than either of them could ever imagine is lurking . . .
Have you heard anything about this book, or have you got it on your TBR list?
Oh that cover. 🙂 🙂 LOve it. 🙂
I saw this one mentioned in an article of books we should definitely read this year or something like that and immediately added it to my to-read shelf on Goodreads. Like you, I’ve seen some mixed reviews since then but I’d probably still give it a go. Look forward to seeing what you think. ????
I have a NG copy which I must read very soon.