Two for sorrow

By Nicola Upson

Subjects: Police, Women, Investigation, London (england), fiction, Archie Penrose (Fictitious character), Women dramatists, Authors, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Crime, fiction, Crimes against, Murder, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, History, Detective and mystery stories

Description: "London, 1903. Two women are hanged in Holloway Prison for killing babies. More than thirty years later, their crimes resurface with shocking consequences. When Josephine Tey sets out to write a novel about Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, the notorious Finchley baby farmers, she can have little idea that the research for her book will be needed to help solve a modern-day killing - the sadistic murder of a young seamstress, found dead in the Motley sisters studio, amid preparations for a star-studded charity gala. The girls death seems to be the result of a long-standing domestic feud, but Josephines friend, Inspector Archie Penrose, is unconvinced; and when a second young woman is involved in an horrific accident soon afterwards, the search begins for a vicious killer who will stop at nothing to keep the past where it belongs."--Publisher.