<p><b>'A beautiful sensory overload . . . I didn't want it to end.'</b> <i>- Kirstin Innes, bestselling author of </i>Scabby Queen<br><br>EDINBURGH, 1791. <br><br>Ballad singer Isobel Duguid and her friend, the famous castrato Clessidro, are stars of the Edinburgh Musical Society. Despite Isobel's brash singing style, Clessidro's friendship and her own shocking murder ballads keep her on stage and enjoying an opulent lifestyle in Auld Reekie. <br><br>Yet one night a note arrives from the mysterious Mrs Abercorn, regarding Isobel's most notorious song, <i>The Fiddler's Wrath</i>. It's the tale of a prima donna who died of heartbreak after her husband committed murder and was sent to the gallows.<br><br>But as Isobel will discover, Mrs Abercorn's curiosity is far more than just a fickle interest. As Isobel recounts rising through the social classes, her role in th
