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Things in jars

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A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN DAILY EXPRESS, I AND IRISH INDEPENDENT'Thrilling, mysterious, twisted' Graham Norton'Utterly mesmerising . . . A triumph' New York Times Book Review'Delivers chills galore' GuardianThe case of the extraordinary child . . . London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age.

To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities.

The public love a spectacle and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen. Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.

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Canongate Books
1786893770 / 9781786893772
Paperback / softback
823.92
02/01/2020
United Kingdom
English
Modern crime
408 pages
20 cm
Reprint. Published in Scotland. Originally published: 2019.