Marguerite has been locked in the attic of her family home, a disintegrating Chelsea house overlooking the stench of the Thames. For company she has: a sewing machine, a copy of Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and trays of congealing food carried up to her with little regularity. Marguerite has been confined by her mother, Cécile, who is concerned about her engagement to an older, near-penniless solicitor, Mr Lewis, and wishes to educate her daughter on proper married conduct lest she drag the familys good name into disrepute. But why is Marguerite pursuing the aged Mr Lewis in the first place? Why are her mothers visits seemingly becoming less frequent? And just how much time has passed since the lock closed on the attics hatch?
Carrion Crow is a transportive and gloriously gothic commentary on the constraints of polite society and the even greater danger of conformity that unfurls one familys festering secrets.
Genre: Mystery
Carrion Crow is a transportive and gloriously gothic commentary on the constraints of polite society and the even greater danger of conformity that unfurls one familys festering secrets.
Genre: Mystery