In the Shadows
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Terrified that her child will fall victim to the operators of a murderous racket that flourished in Victorian London, a young servant-girl pleads for help in rescuing her baby son. She sets in train a series of mysterious and shocking events that transform the lives of the dissolute Colonel Fellows and his family; the sinister Mrs Hartshorne; and a cast of other characters who lurk in the shadows of the richest and most hypocritical city on earth.
Based on the horrifying facts that emerged at a murder trial in the 1870s, 'In The Shadows' is a fast-moving story of crime, lust and greed, that will hold the readers spellbound from its opening passages all the way through to its astonishing climax.
Author: Margaret Scott
Format: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm
Published: 2001, Random House Australia, Australia
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Terrified that her child will fall victim to the operators of a murderous racket that flourished in Victorian London, a young servant-girl pleads for help in rescuing her baby son. She sets in train a series of mysterious and shocking events that transform the lives of the dissolute Colonel Fellows and his family; the sinister Mrs Hartshorne; and a cast of other characters who lurk in the shadows of the richest and most hypocritical city on earth.
Based on the horrifying facts that emerged at a murder trial in the 1870s, 'In The Shadows' is a fast-moving story of crime, lust and greed, that will hold the readers spellbound from its opening passages all the way through to its astonishing climax.