The coven
By: Graham Masterton
Series: A Beatrice Scarlet thriller -- book 2
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781784976354; 9781784976361
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Missing persons; Fiction; Witch hunting; Women's shelters; History
Description: They say the girls were witches. But Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, is sure they were innocent victims ... London, 1758: Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, has found a position at St Mary Magdalene's Refuge for fallen women. She enjoys the work and soon forms a close bond with her charges. The refuge is supported by a wealthy tobacco merchant, who regularly offers the girls steady work to aid their rehabilitation. But when seven girls sent to his factory disappear, Beatrice is uneasy. Their would-be benefactor claims they were a coven of witches, beholden only to Satan and his demonic misdeeds. But Beatrice is convinced something much darker than witchcraft is at play ...