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Karolina, or the Torn Curtain
Zofia Turboty?ska (Related to this series)
- Author
- Maryla Szymiczkowa
- Narrator
- Esther Wane
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 18 February 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
The biggest event in the Catholic calendar is a disaster in Zofia Turbotynska’s household. Her maid Karolina has handed in her notice and worse, gone missing. When Karolina’s body is discovered, violated and stabbed, Zofia knows she has to investigate.
Following a trail that leads her from the poorest districts of Galicia to the highest echelons of society, Zofia uncovers a web of gang crimes, sex-trafficking and corruption that will force her to question everything she knows.
Set against the backdrop of the women’s cause, Karolina and the Torn Curtain refuses to turn a blind eye to the injustices and inequalities of its era – and ours.
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Details
- Author
- Maryla Szymiczkowa
- Narrator
- Esther Wane
- Duration
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9781004027262
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
Easter, 1895.The biggest event in the Catholic calendar is a disaster in Zofia Turbotynska’s household. Her maid Karolina has handed in her notice and worse, gone missing. When Karolina’s body is discovered, violated and stabbed, Zofia knows she has to investigate.Following a trail that leads her from the poorest districts of Galicia to the highest echelons of society, Zofia uncovers a web of gang crimes, sex-trafficking and corruption that will force her to question everything she knows. Set against the backdrop of the women’s cause, Karolina and the Torn Curtain refuses to turn a blind eye to the injustices and inequalities of its era – and ours.
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