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The Corset

Written by: Laura Purcell
Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe
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The new Victorian chiller from the author of Radio 2 Book Club pick The Silent Companions sees a teenage seamstress convinced she can control people’s fates through the clothes she makes for them.

Dorothea and Ruth. Ruth and Dorothea.

Prison visitor and prisoner. Powerful and powerless.

Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder. When Dorothea is asked to visit Ruth as part of her charitable works, she could not be more delighted. Her first encounter with a murderer will provide the perfect opportunity to explore Dorothea’s fascination with phrenology and test her theories that the shape of a person’s skull can cast a light on their darkest crimes.

But the story Ruth has to tell - of bitterness and betrayal, of death and destruction - will shake Dorothea’s belief in rationality and the power of redemption. Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad or a murderer?

©2018 Laura Purcell (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Historical Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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Laura Purcell knows how to write characters that will stay with you forever. Ruth and Dorothea are 2 women who continue you to haunt my thoughts, weeks after having listened to this book. Laura's writing has also made me fall in love with the Victorian Gothic genre. This book is exquisite. And HUGE props to Nathalie Buscombe, who's breathed such life into these characters. Her intonation is perfect for this genre. I can't wait to listen to more of her work, as well.

Characters that will stay with you forever

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