The Madness

by Alison Rattle

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A thrilling Victorian tale of dangerous obsession and betrayal

Sixteen-year-old Marnie lives in the idyllic coastal village of Clevedon. Despite being crippled by a childhood exposure to polio, she seems set to follow in her mother's footsteps, and become a 'dipper', escorting fragile female bathers into the sea. Her life is simple and safe. But then she meets Noah. Charming, handsome, son-of-the-local-Lord, Noah. She quickly develops a passion for him - a passion which consumes her.

As Marnie's infatuation turns to fixation she starts to lose her grip on reality, and a harrowing and dangerous obsession develops that seems certain to end in tragedy. Set in the early Victorian era when propriety, modesty and repression were the rule, this is a taut psychological drama in which the breakdown of a young woman's emotional state will have a devastating impact on all those around her.

  • ISBN10 1471401030
  • ISBN13 9781471401039
  • Publish Date 6 March 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Hot Key Books
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 336
  • Language English