Publisher's Synopsis
A mesmering Gothic mystery from Costa Award-shortlisted author Nicholas Bowling.
'Nicholas Bowling is a thrilling writer' THE TELEGRAPH
To the horror of young gravedigger, Ned, body-snatchers have been visiting his churchyard in the dead of night. Until now, he'd been daydreaming about another visitor - daughter of the manor, Obedience Wellrest.
But 16-year-old Obedience has troubles of her own: her loving but overbearing father, and his wish to see her married to a rich man of science, Phineas Mordaunt.
But when Mordaunt starts to poke his nose into her family history - in particular, the ruinous research of late Uncle Herbert - Obedience enters into a dangerous game of Death, and Ned might be the only person who can save her …
- A mesmerising tale of magic, death and science, wrapped up in a delicious Gothic mystery
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell meets Dangerous Remedy - for young adult readers
- From highly acclaimed Costa Award-shortlisted author, Nicholas Bowling
