An added bonus is that the cover of this book is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. but we reckon you'll be enjoying it too much to care * Metro * Richly detailed with well-drawn characters and evocative language, THE WICKED COMETH is an entertaining piece of Victoriana-style literature that's sure to label Carlin as one to watch * Culture Fly * Historical fiction with a lesbian slant usually begs comparison with Sarah Waters, but Carlin is more than up to the task as she carefully weaves an eerie, evocative tale where no one can be trusted and everyone - even Hester herself - has secrets * DIVA Magazine * Charming and a delight to read. You can almost taste the gin and the soot. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. and a heady romance at its heart' Sunday Express 'A deliciously dark confection of a novel' Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things ********* 'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer 'Contains lovely, lyrical writing. A compelling page-turner from a gifted new voice in historical fiction, The Wicked Cometh is the perfect read for fans of The Witchfinder's Sister, Fingersmith and The Essex Serpent. 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.
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. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible.
' 'Beguiling' Stylist ********* Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. 'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort because WE are the bad sort.
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