Title: Cross my palm
Description: London, 1860s. High society ladies enjoy having their fortunes read whilst attending supper parties. But palm reading is a perilous business: the lines of the left hand can unlock secrets best kept hidden. Entertaining the guests of Lady Quayle at Portland Place, fortune-teller Miss Rose Lee reads Emily's palm. 'A quiet life, my dear' is what she tells the girl. But she spies two little crosses that spell something quite different - fearful, violent death. As Rose's predictions start coming true, her own fortunes become embroiled in the suspect fates of others and the future suddenly seems a dark and dangerous place.
Subjects: Social conditions, Palmistry, Fiction, Upper class
Places: England, London, London (England)
Time periods: 19th century