{"product_id":"the-corset-a-perfect-chilling-read-to-curl-up-with","title":"The Corset: a perfect chilling read to curl up with","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781408889527\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2019\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new Victorian chiller from the author of Radio 2 and Zoe Ball ITV Book Club pick, \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Companions.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDorothea and Ruth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prison visitor and prisoner. Powerful and powerless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Dorothea's charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she is delighted with the chance to explore her fascination with phrenology and test her hypothesis that the shape of a person's skull can cast a light on their darkest crimes. But when she meets teenage seamstress Ruth, she is faced with another theory- that it is possible to kill with a needle and thread. For Ruth attributes her crimes to a supernatural power inherent in her stitches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The story Ruth has to tell of her deadly creations o of bitterness and betrayal, of death and dresses o will shake Dorothea's belief in rationality, and the power of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer?","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41508837097605,"sku":"PR396773","price":33.9,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNX8QKY23P90.jpg?v=1769838332","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-corset-a-perfect-chilling-read-to-curl-up-with","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}