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"DeLuca keeps readers guessing. Minette Walters fans will be pleased." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood''s Alias Grace and Hannah Kent''s Burial Rites, this taut psychological thriller offers a delicious take on deviant and defiant Victorian women in a time when marriage itself was its own prison.
England, 1873. Clara Blackstone has just been released after one year in a private asylum for the insane. Clara has two goals: to reunite with her husband, Henry, and to never-ever-return to the asylum. As she enters Durham, Clara finds her carriage surrounded by a mob gathered to witness the imprisonment of Mary Ann Cotton-England''s first female serial killer-accused of poisoning nearly twenty people, including her husbands and children.
Clara soon finds the oppressive confinement of her marriage no less terrifying than the white-tiled walls of Hoxton. And as she grows increasingly suspicious of Henry''s intentions, her fascination with Cotton grows. Soon, Cotton is not just a notorious figure from the headlines, but an unlikely confidante, mentor-and perhaps accomplice-in Clara''s struggle to protect her money, her freedom and her life.
Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood''s Alias Grace and Hannah Kent''s Burial Rites, this taut psychological thriller offers a delicious take on deviant and defiant Victorian women in a time when marriage itself was its own prison.
England, 1873. Clara Blackstone has just been released after one year in a private asylum for the insane. Clara has two goals: to reunite with her husband, Henry, and to never-ever-return to the asylum. As she enters Durham, Clara finds her carriage surrounded by a mob gathered to witness the imprisonment of Mary Ann Cotton-England''s first female serial killer-accused of poisoning nearly twenty people, including her husbands and children.
Clara soon finds the oppressive confinement of her marriage no less terrifying than the white-tiled walls of Hoxton. And as she grows increasingly suspicious of Henry''s intentions, her fascination with Cotton grows. Soon, Cotton is not just a notorious figure from the headlines, but an unlikely confidante, mentor-and perhaps accomplice-in Clara''s struggle to protect her money, her freedom and her life.
Title:The Savage Instinct
Format:Paperback
Product dimensions:300 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 0.68 in
Shipping dimensions:300 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 0.68 in
Published:May 18, 2021
Publisher:Inkshares
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9781947848672