the wicked cometh the addictive historical mystery laura carlin

Laura Carlin pulls us into the atmospheric, overflowing poverty, and the filthy, disease infested alleys and backstreets of 1830s London.

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.

Hester and Rebekah find themselves crossing every boundary they've ever known in pursuit of truth, redemption and passion. 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. 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. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible. 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, dragging them into the blackest heart of a city where something more depraved than either of them could ever imagine is lurking.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.

Scarcely a week passes without the occurrence of an incident of this type' - The Morning Herald, Tuesday 13 September 1831 Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. ' 'This newspaper has taken note that the past month has been remarkable for the prevalence of cases where men, women and children are declared missing. 'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sortīecause we are the bad sort.

The wicked cometh the addictive historical mystery laura carlin