Edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571246359
Published:
03.02.2011
No of pages:
496
Two For Sorrow
Nicola Upson
London, 1903. Two women are hanged in Holloway Prison for killing babies. More than thirty years later, their crimes resurface with shocking consequences.
When Josephine Tey sets out to write a novel about Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, the notorious Finchley baby farmers, she can have little idea that the research for her book will be needed to help solve a modern-day killing - the sadistic murder of a young seamstress, found dead in the Motley sisters’ studio, amid preparations for a star-studded charity gala.
The girl’s death seems to be the result of a long-standing domestic feud, but Josephine’s friend, Inspector Archie Penrose, is unconvinced; and when a second young woman is involved in an horrific accident soon afterwards, the search begins for a vicious killer who will stop at nothing to keep the past where it belongs.
Moving between the decadence and glamour of a private women’s club, the bleak surroundings of Holloway prison, and the deprivation of London’s slums,
Two for Sorrow
is a dark and unsettling exploration of the way in which the crimes of the past destroy those left behind - long after justice is done.
Tags
Categorised as:
Fiction
Sub-categories:
Crime & Thrillers
Genres & Themes:
Detectives;
Murder Mystery;
Edwardian
Characters:
Josephine Tey
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