The Beholders - Hester Musson (Paperback) 16-01-2025

'Held me completely in its thrall until the very last line' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, bestselling author of Pandora 'A well-researched and thoroughly convincing page-turner' LAURA SHEPPERSON, bestselling author of The Heroines A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN PRIZE London, 1878. A body emerges from the River Thames, suspected to be the missing child of the MP Ralph Gethin. Four months earlier. Harriet is a young maid newly employed at Finton Hall, where she finds herself entranced by her famous master Ralph Gethin, and his glamorous wife Clara. But Clara, though captivating, is erratic. Ralph is strangely absent. And their beautiful belongings seem to tell terrible stories. Unable to ignore her unease, Harriet sets out to discover their secrets. What she discovers could cost Harriet everything, even her freedom...