Dimensions
155 x 234 x 28mm
Sussex, 1780. Thornleigh Hall, the ornate and forbidding seat of the Earl of Sussex, dominates the surrounding countryside. Though its heir is missing, and the once vigorous family is reduced to a cripple, his whore and his alcoholic second son, its power remains. Harriet Westerman, whose estate borders that of the Hall, has sensed its menace long before she happens upon a dead man bearing the Thornleigh arms. For Harriet, her impulsive nature curbed by convention, the grim discovery cries out for justice. She persuades reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther to her cause, much against his better judgement; he knows a dark path lies before those who stray from society's expectations. That same day, Alexander Adams is killed in a London music shop, leaving his young children orphaned. His death will lead back to Sussex, and an explosive secret that has already destroyed one family and threatens many others.
