The House on Vesper Sands -- Paraic O'Donnell, Hardcover

London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling, serpentine world of Paraic O'Donnell's Victorian-inspired mystery, the story of a city cloaked in shadow, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress jump from the window? Why is a cryptic message stitched into her skin? And how is she connected to a rash of missing girls, all of whom seem to have disappeared under similar circumstances?

On the case is Inspector Cutter, a detective as sharp and committed to his work as he is wryly hilarious. Gideon Bliss, a Cambridge dropout in love with one of the missing girls, stumbles into a role as Cutter's sidekick. And clever young journalist Octavia Hillingdon sees the case as a chance to tell a story that matters--despite her employer's preference that she stick to a women's society column. As Inspector Cutter peels back the mystery layer by layer, he leads them all, at last, to the secrets that lie hidden at the house on Vesper Sands.

By turns smart, surprising, and impossible to put down, The House on Vesper Sands offers a glimpse into the strange undertow of late nineteenth-century London and the secrets we all hold inside us.

Author: Paraic O'Donnell
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: 01/12/2021
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781951142247

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/02/2020
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2020
Booklist 11/01/2020 pg. 21
Foreword 12/26/2020
Shelf Awareness 01/05/2021