“Wicked deeds require the cover of darkness.”Ī clever mix of whodunnit and ghost story, The Shape of Darkness is told with Purcell’s signature flair of haunting, gothic prose against a chilling and beautiful historic backdrop with richly drawn and memorable characters.Īgnes is a silhouette artist struggling to make ends meet thanks to advancements in the field that have made her craft almost obsolete. But Agnes and Pearl quickly discover that instead they may have opened the door to something that they can never put back…

Still recovering from a serious illness herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but then one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for Agnes, and then another, and another…ĭesperately seeking an answer, Agnes approaches Pearl, a child spirit medium lodging in Bath with her older half-sister and her ailing father, hoping that if Pearl can make contact with those who died, they might reveal who killed them. Silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Wicked deeds require the cover of darkness…Ī struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead – and to try and identify their killers – in this beguiling new tale from Laura Purcell. Thank you to Raven Books for my gifted ARC and to Anne at Random Things Tours for the invitation to take part in the blog tour.

I’m thrilled to be taking part in the tour for this novel on release day. Happy Publication Day to one of my favourite authors. Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Gothic Fiction, Romance Fiction

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