Sally is 25, and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married - yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise.
When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this evil stranger, it is the beginning of a terrifying struggle in which Sally will have to fight, with a gun if necessary, for the freedom of her family.
The third instalment of the quartet. Sally is a surprising and modern heroine, and her fight against unknown and relentless evil in Victorian London makes an exhilarating and unforgettable novel.
An unabridged reading of Philip Pullman's nerve-shattering thriller.
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One sunny morning in the autumn of 1881, Sally Lockhart stood in the garden and watched her little daughter play, and thought that things were good. CHAPTER ONE, THE PROCESS-SERVER
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(Audible Studios, 9 September 2019, 13 hours 19 minutes, audiobook, bought from @audibleuk, read by Anton Lesser)
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I'm a fan of the author so couldn't resist this when it was recently promoted by @audibleuk. I only realised after I'd used my credit that this was book three of four. So I'm coming in almost at the end of the story. I really enjoyed this book. It's very different than other books I've read by the author and completely not what I was expecting. This is a fantastic example of a Victorian murder mystery. I had so many questions as I listened to this. Who was pretending to be married to Sally and why? Is it all a set up or does she have some kind of amnesia? Why did they want her daughter? The fact this is set during a period in history when women had a lot less rights than they do know makes Sally's circumstances even more sinister. This stranger gets their hands on her daughter and finances with very little questions being asked. Even her lawyer tells her to be quiet and apologise for the behaviour her fake husband has named in the divorce papers and scoffs at Sally's suggestion of getting evidence to prove it's all lies. I will read the other books in the series to get the full picture.
