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Hyperion
August 2012
On Sale: August 7, 2012
384 pages
ISBN: 1401324231
EAN: 9781401324230
Kindle: B007FSJ98E
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Historical | Fiction Family Life
July 1840: The young Queen Victoria has just entered her third year on the throne when a major recession brings London's desperate and destitute into its sweltering streets. While the city crackles with tension, orphaned Catherine Sorgeiul stays locked away in her uncle's home, a peculiar place where death masks adorn the walls and certain rooms are strictly forbidden. Nineteen years old and haunted by a dark past, Catherine becomes obsessed with a series of terrible murders of young girls sweeping the city. Details of the crimes are especially gruesomeβthe victims' hair has been newly plaited and thrust into their mouths, and their limbs are grotesquely folded behind them, like wounded birds βand the serial killer is soon nicknamed the Man of Crows. Catherine begins writing stories about the victimsβwomen on their own and vulnerable in the big cityβand gradually the story of the murderer as well. But she soon realizes that she has involved herself in a web of betrayal, deceit, and terror that threatens her and all those around her. A remarkable fiction debut, The Pleasures of Men is a gripping and spine-tingling thriller.
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