The Corset

The captivating novel from the prize-winning author of The Silent Companions

The Corset

The captivating novel from the prize-winning author of The Silent Companions

Laura Purcell (Author)

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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?

Product details

Published	01 Nov 2018
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	416
ISBN	9781408889602
Imprint	Raven Books
Dimensions	216 x 135 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Laura Purcell

Laura Purcell is an award-winning former bookselle…

The Corset is a contender for my Book of the Year. Ruth and Dorothea will live in my mind for a long time. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece

Sarah Hilary
She's done it again. More macabre magnificence from Laura Purcell - intricately stitched together like one of seamstress Ruth's terrifying creations. The Corset will have you crushed within its vice. Brilliant'

Anna Mazzola
An intriguing premise deftly executed, The Corset is genuinely thrilling

Elizabeth Haynes
A romping read with a deliciously dark conceit at its centre. Reminded me of Alias Grace. A worthy successor to The Silent Companions

Kiran Millwood Hargrave
With the skill of a born story teller Laura Purcell has crafted a tale as intricate and flawless as Ruth's stitches. By turns horrifying and humorous, The Corset is a darkly compelling, unsettling and fascinating book, where pseudo-science meets needlework in the most chilling and unexpected ways ... The Corset is the very best kind of gothic fiction. Reminiscent of Sarah Waters and Margaret Atwood, but uniquely and unmistakably Laura Purcell

ES Thomson
Deliciously creepy and atmospheric with a gripping plot, this book will disturb your sleep. And I didn't see THAT ending coming

Sarah J. Harris