![]() Before she even begins work, however, Jenny discovers that Mrs Dyer has not just offered her the position out of kindness – she believes that her husband is having an affair with Lilith and she wants Jenny to spy on them.Īt first, Jenny shares Mrs Dyer’s dislike of Lilith, but gradually she becomes concerned about the behaviour of the beautiful young actress. Jenny is deeply grateful when Gregory’s former employer, Mrs Dyer of the Mercury Theatre, offers her a job as dresser to the new leading lady, Lilith Erikson. ![]() Our narrator is Jenny Wilcox, a young woman who has been left to support herself and her younger siblings after her brother Gregory ran off to America with an actress, taking the family savings with him. It certainly sounded good – a Gothic novel set in the theatres of Victorian London – and I wasn’t disappointed at all. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the second book I’ve read by Laura Purcell I liked, but didn’t love, the first one I read, Bone China, so was hoping for better things from this one. ![]()
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