Maude Horton's glorious revenge

<p><b>Grisly, addictive fun . . . I devoured it in 24 hours &ndash; Emilia Hart, author of <i>Weyward</i><br><br>In deepest winter, beware the coldest hearts . . .</b><br><br>London, 1850. Constance Horton has disappeared.<br><br>Maude, her older sister, knows only that Constance abandoned the apothecary they call home, and, disguised as a boy, boarded a ship bound for the Arctic.

She never returned. &lsquo;A tragic accident&rsquo;, the Admiralty called it.

But Maude Horton knows something isn&rsquo;t right.<br><br>When she finds Constance&rsquo;s journal, it becomes clear that the truth is being buried by sinister forces.

To find answers &ndash; and deliver justice for her sister &ndash; Maude must step into London&rsquo;s dark underbelly, and into the path of dangerous, powerful men.

The kind of men who seek their fortune in the city&rsquo;s horrors, from the hangings at Newgate to the ghoulish waxworks of Madame Tussaud&rsquo;s.<br><br>It is a perilous task.

But Maude has dangerous skills of her own . . .<br><br><b>Brilliant! Stuffed with adventure - Stuart Turton, author of <i>The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle</i><br>A gripping adventure story - Emma Stonex, author of <i>The Lamplighters</i><br>Victorian gothic at its very very best - Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of <i>Pandora</i></b></p>