The Lodger: A captivating historical mystery that will keep you hooked from first page to last
Jan 2023 · Hachette UK
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London, 1919: a city of ghosts and absences, haunted by the men who marched away but never came back.
'A devastating reveal and a tangled web I won't forget' AMANDA GEARD
Grace Armstrong believes that she has come to terms with her own loss, the death of her dazzling fiancé who was declared Missing in Action. But soon he starts to reappear both in her waking life and dreams.
To make matters worse, a body, dragged from the Thames, is identified as Elizabeth Smith, who lodged with Grace and her family for the last eight years before suddenly disappearing.
Elizabeth had been more than a lodger; she had become a close friend to Grace, who feels compelled to uncover the true circumstances of her death. In doing so, she is drawn reluctantly into the sordid and dangerous underbelly of London and a scandal that rocked Edwardian society.
Will Grace find the answers she so desperately craves, or will she lose herself in the search?
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Praise for The Lodger
'A poignant and readable mystery' THE TIMES
'A deliciously Gothic page-turner' BEST
'A gripping historical mystery' A. J. WEST
'[Helen Scarlett] has a gift for pulling readers into the twists and turns of her story' SUNDAY TIMES
'A devastating reveal and a tangled web I won't forget' AMANDA GEARD
Grace Armstrong believes that she has come to terms with her own loss, the death of her dazzling fiancé who was declared Missing in Action. But soon he starts to reappear both in her waking life and dreams.
To make matters worse, a body, dragged from the Thames, is identified as Elizabeth Smith, who lodged with Grace and her family for the last eight years before suddenly disappearing.
Elizabeth had been more than a lodger; she had become a close friend to Grace, who feels compelled to uncover the true circumstances of her death. In doing so, she is drawn reluctantly into the sordid and dangerous underbelly of London and a scandal that rocked Edwardian society.
Will Grace find the answers she so desperately craves, or will she lose herself in the search?
********************
Praise for The Lodger
'A poignant and readable mystery' THE TIMES
'A deliciously Gothic page-turner' BEST
'A gripping historical mystery' A. J. WEST
'[Helen Scarlett] has a gift for pulling readers into the twists and turns of her story' SUNDAY TIMES
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About the author
Helen Scarlett is a writer and English teacher. Her debut historical novel, The Deception of Harriet Fleet, a chilling take on nineteenth-century classics such as Jane Eyre, was highly praised. Her second novel, The Lodger, is another Gothic tale set in London in the aftermath of the Great War. Helen lives in County Durham with her husband and two daughters.
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