'Compelling and utterly absorbing... an artfully crafted debut' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN author of
PANDORA'A gripping Gothic tale of grief and ambition passion and intrigue' JESS KIDD author
of THE NIGHT SHIP'A wonderful book dark passionate multi-layered' JOANNE HARRIS author of
CHOCOLAT'A fantastic read: I felt everything about Mary her simmering anger and her
intellectual delight' FREYA MARSKE author of THE LAST BINDING trilogy'Witty dark and sharp as
a scalpel...brilliantly captures what it's like to be a woman in a man's world' LIZZIE POOK
author of MOONLIGHT AND THE PEARLER'S DAUGHTER ________ Mary is the great-niece of Victor
Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic
but she doesn't know why or how... The 1850s is a time of discovery and London is ablaze with
the latest scientific theories and debates especially when a spectacular new exhibition of
dinosaur sculptures opens at the Crystal Palace. Mary with a sharp mind and a sharper tongue
is keen to make her name in this world of science alongside her geologist husband Henry but
without wealth and connections their options are limited. But when Mary discovers some old
family papers that allude to the shocking truth behind her great-uncle's past she thinks she
may have found the key to securing their future... Their quest takes them to the wilds of
Scotland to Henry's intriguing but reclusive sister Maisie and to a deadly chase with a rival
who is out to steal their secret...
