The Wicked Cometh
- Author Laura Carlin
- Narrator Sophie Ward
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Run Time 12 hours and 49 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction.
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What to expect
'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort
because WE are the bad sort . . .'
'This newspaper has taken note that the past month has been remarkable for the prevalence of cases where men, women and children are declared missing. Scarcely a week passes without the occurrence of an incident of this type' - The Morning Herald, Tuesday 13 September 1831
Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place 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.
When 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.
But 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. . .
(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
because WE are the bad sort . . .'
'This newspaper has taken note that the past month has been remarkable for the prevalence of cases where men, women and children are declared missing. Scarcely a week passes without the occurrence of an incident of this type' - The Morning Herald, Tuesday 13 September 1831
Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place 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.
When 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.
But 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. . .
(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Critics Review
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This deliciously dark confection of a novel has as many twists and turns as the London backstreets of its setting and I devoured it in two sittings!
Ruth Hogan, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS -
Contains lovely lyrical writing . . . and a heady romance at its heart
Sunday Express -
Carlin’s great at conjuring up an image of darkest 1800s London, while her female characters are both of their time, while also being witty and modern
Stylist -
Satisfying
The Times -
Splendidly diverting . . . Spirited and highly readable
Irish Times -
The darkest corners of Georgian London are gleefully drawn in this brilliant story
Emerald Street
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