Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her not-so-innocent past in Glasgow, Bessy Buckley--a wide-eyed and feisty young Irish girl--takes a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working for the beautiful Arabella--the "missus." Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but it seems that the missus has a few secrets of her own, including her near-obsessive affection for Nora, a former maid who died in mysterious circumstances. Yet even when caught up in a tangle of madness, ghosts, sex, and lies, Bessy remains devoted to Arabella. But who is really responsible for what happened to Nora?--From publisher description.
- ISBN10 0670037737
- ISBN13 9780670037735
- Publish Date 10 October 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Viking Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 405
- Language English