The Corset: a perfect chilling read to curl up with this Autumn

by Laura Purcell

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'The Corset
is a contender for my Book of the Year. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece' Sarah Hilary


Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain?

Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder.

When Dorothea’s charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she finds herself drawn to Ruth, a teenage seamstress – and self-confessed murderess – who nurses a dark and uncanny secret. A secret that is leading her straight to the gallows. As Ruth reveals her disturbing past to Dorothea, the fates of these two women entwine, and with every revelation, a new layer of doubt is cast...

Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer?

  • ISBN10 1408889617
  • ISBN13 9781408889619
  • Publish Date 20 September 2018
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 28 January 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Raven Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 416
  • Language English