In this stunning debut, Betsy Tobin spins a classic tale of gothic suspense. Immersing readers in Elizabethan England, she masterfully evokes a heady place where science and superstition walk hand-in-hand and sensuality and violence are masked by the merest veneer of gentility. ...some people ar...
Adrian and May are gone when she rises, and she is relieved to have the house to herself. She contemplates getting a bus to Hounslow, but something prevents her. She knows she will have to wait for Wen to contact her, but how long? A day? A week? A year? Now that the initial shock has passed, she...