Reading Victorian fiction is always a treat for me especially the poor side. Dorothea who has a comfortable life and Ruth who is very poor. Set in the Victorian period the reader follows two women from both ends of society.
One young woman is 16 year old Ruth Butterham charged with the murder of her employee.I read The Silent Companions which I loved and have to say that The Corset is even better, I throughly enjoyed it. As part of her charitable work she visits women in Oakgate Prison.
Laura Purcell's spine-chilling new novel, The Shape of Darkness, is out now! Read moreĭorothea Truelove is a fine young lady in Victorian society. As Ruth reveals her disturbing past to Dorothea, the fates of these two women entwine, and with every revelation, a new layer of doubt is cast.Ĭan Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer? A secret that is leading her straight to the gallows. When Dorothea's charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she finds herself drawn to Ruth, a teenage seamstress – and self-confessed murderess – who nurses a dark and uncanny secret. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder.
Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain?ĭorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece' Sarah Hilary ' The Corset is a contender for my Book of the Year. ' Laura is a masterful writer, her deliciously gothic stories so skilfully woven that you can't get them out of your head even if you wanted to' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars
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