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The Devil´s Daughters
Diana Bretherick
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Description for The Devil´s Daughters
Paperback. The new historical crime novel from the author of CITY OF DEVILS, selected for the 2013 Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club on ITV3 and winner of the GOOD HOUSEKEEPING first novel competition in 2012. For fans of CJ Sansom, Antonia Hodgson and Elizabeth Fremantle. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 44. Weight in Grams: 326.
1888. When young Scottish scientist James Murray receives a letter from Sofia Esposito, a woman he once loved and lost, he cannot refuse her cry for help. Sofia's fifteen-year-old cousin has vanished but, because of her lower-class status, the police are unwilling to investigate. Accompanied by his younger sister Lucy, Murray returns to the city of Turin where he was once apprenticed to the world-famous criminologist, Cesare Lombroso. As he embarks on his search for the missing girl, Murray uncovers a series of mysterious disappearances of young women and rumours of a haunted abbey on the outskirts ... Read more
1888. When young Scottish scientist James Murray receives a letter from Sofia Esposito, a woman he once loved and lost, he cannot refuse her cry for help. Sofia's fifteen-year-old cousin has vanished but, because of her lower-class status, the police are unwilling to investigate. Accompanied by his younger sister Lucy, Murray returns to the city of Turin where he was once apprenticed to the world-famous criminologist, Cesare Lombroso. As he embarks on his search for the missing girl, Murray uncovers a series of mysterious disappearances of young women and rumours of a haunted abbey on the outskirts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
326g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409150312
SKU
V9781409150312
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About Diana Bretherick
Diana Bretherick is an ex-criminal barrister and now a lecturer in criminology and criminal law at Portsmouth University. She won the GOOD HOUSEKEEPING new novel competition in 2012.
Reviews for The Devil´s Daughters
'The Devil's Daughters makes good use of its Turin setting and its characters, particularly the real-life figure of the conceited, misguided yet brilliant Lombroso'
THE SUNDAY TIMES
THE SUNDAY TIMES