Description
A sadistic villain is killing, hell for leather.
When Lady Violet Thorn overhears a distressed young woman accuse a married couple of murdering her parents and stealing their home – Maccabbee House – she takes her under her wing, determined to help.
Matters swiftly escalate when Violet returns home to the sight of a woman stabbed to death in her hallway. Body parts are then found scattered around town, sparking rumours of a cannibal, and a sex worker is found brutalised?
The town of Montford is swiftly whipped into a frenzy. Violet is sure that Maccabbee House, which lies in the shadow of the old tannery, holds the key to what is happening. But, once she enters, will she make it out alive?
An enthralling and gripping Victorian crime novel from the bestselling author of the Gower Street Detective series.
