London, 1835. To high society, Estella is the perfect lady.

However, her fair face hides dark secrets – what has she done with her husband? And will her past crimes come back to haunt her?

Desperate to escape her troubled life, she visits her friend, Lady Taykall. But when a servant girl disappears, Estella stumbles on a horrifying web of crimes and feels the old fire for vengeance burning inside her. To mete out her own brand of dark justice she must risk everything. Even if it means she cannot survive.

Great Expectations meets Killing Eve in this stunningly dark Gothic crime thriller perfect for fans of Elizabeth Macneal, Stacey Halls, and Jessie Burton.

Daphne Kouma brings her clear and confident voice to this crime thriller. Adding to her library of narration with over 120 books narrated including Elif Shafak’s The Island of Missing Trees.

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'A triumph!’ - My Weekly

'A must read for Dickens fans!’ - Heat magazine