Book Title: Conviction Of Cora Burns
ISBN: 9780857303271
By Author(s):KIRBY CAROLYN
By Publisher:BEDFORD SQUARE PUB
Format:PB
Short-listed for the Crimefest/Specsavers Debut Crime Fiction Award 2020
Longlisted for the Historical Writers Association (HWA) Debut Crown award 2019
To believe in her future, she must uncover her past...
Birmingham, 1885. Born in a gaol and raised in a workhouse, Cora Burns has always struggled to control the violence inside her.
Haunted by memories of a terrible crime, she seeks a new life working as a servant in the house of scientist Thomas Jerwood. Here, Cora befriends a young girl, Violet, who seems to be the subject of a living experiment. But is Jerwood also secretly studying Cora...?
With the power and intrigue of Laura Purcell'sThe Silent Companionsand Sarah