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"A work of fiction that is both a potent portrait of early 19th-century Edinburgh but also a story about female agency or the lack of it. The result is a compelling, painful, haunted piece of work." THE HERALD WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2025 Up the close and down the stair...

'Historical crime fiction at its best' STEPH McGOVERN 'Completely immersive, the writing captivating. You feel every breath, every step, every wound' THE SCOTSMAN The Scottish Highlands, 1629. When a community is torn apart by accusations of witchcraft, its women find themselves in mortal danger...

The worst monsters are the human kind . . . Dundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of fierce intelligence and grand passions, sent north to recover from a mysterious ailment. The Baxter family home, nestled in woodland by the river Tay, seems the perfect retreat...