{"product_id":"the-wicked-cometh-the-addictive-historical-mystery-1","title":"Laura Carlin: The Wicked Cometh [2018] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort because WE are the bad sort . . .' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG BREAKTHROUGH AUTHOR AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Beguiling' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*********\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDown the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place\u003c\/b\u003e and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious Rebekah Brock. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut whispers from her past slowly begin to poison her new life and both she and Rebekah are lured into the most sinister of investigations, dragging them into the blackest heart of a city where something more depraved than either of them could ever imagine is lurking. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling page-turner from a gifted new voice in historical fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Cometh\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect read for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Witchfinder's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*********\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Carlin can tell a good story' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Contains lovely, lyrical writing . . . and a heady romance at its heart' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A deliciously dark confection of a novel' \u003cb\u003eRuth Hogan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carlin, Laura","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47930212155731,"sku":"XV81473661370","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/carlin-laura-the-wicked-cometh-the-addictive-historical-mystery-xv81473661370-55254742368595.jpg?v=1712164998","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-wicked-cometh-the-addictive-historical-mystery-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}