Things in Jars

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN DAILY EXPRESS, I AND IRISH INDEPENDENT

''Thrilling, mysterious, twisted'' Graham Norton
''Utterly mesmerising . . . A triumph'' New York Times Book Review
''Delivers chills galore'' Guardian

The case of the extraordinary child . . .

London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities. The public love a spectacle and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.

Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.