Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë are rather losing interest in detecting until they hear of a shocking discovery: the bones of a child have been found interred within the walls of a local house, Top Withens Hall, home to the scandalous and brutish Bradshaw family.
When the sisters set off to find out more, they are confronted with an increasingly complex and sinister case, which leads them into the dark world of orphanages, and onto the trail of other lost, and likely murdered children. After another local boy goes missing, Charlotte, Emily and Anne vow to find him before it's too late.
But in order to do so, they must face their most despicable and wicked adversary yet - one that would not hesitate to cause them the gravest of harm.
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Charlotte could not conceive of a place more beautiful than Haworth and the surrounding countryside in the spring. HAWORTH PARSONAGE, APRIL 1852
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(@HodderBooks, 5 November 2020, 336 pages, ebook, copy from the publisher via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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I really enjoyed the first book in the series so was looking forward to this new Brontë adventure. You don't need to have read or know anything about the sister to enjoy these books. I liked the little references to the Brontë's books scattered throughout though. This is a darker read than The Vanishing Bride and even better. The world created in the book for the sisters and Branwell is well written and completely believable, the author does a great job of bringing it to life. I love the relationship between the sisters. A dark, Gothic atmosphere runs through the whole book. This is an excellent read.
