The Confessions of Frannie Langton Hardcover -

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No one knows the worst thing they're capable of until they do it. . . .

All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, who is accused of the brutal double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite. Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being held in the Old Bailey.

The testimonies against Frannie are damning. She is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator, a whore. Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening, or how she came to be covered in the victims' blood, even if remembering could save her life.

But she does have a tale to tell: a story of her childhood on a Jamaican plantation, her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist who stretched all bounds of ethics, and the events that brought her into the Benhams' London home--and into a passionate and forbidden relationship.

Though her testimony may seal her conviction, the truth will unmask the perpetrators of crimes far beyond murder and indict the whole of English society itself.

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• Booklist, 03/01/2019, Page 35
• BookPage, 06/01/2019, Page 0
• Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2019, Page 10
• Library Journal, 05/01/2019, Page 84
• Library Journal Prepub Alert, 12/01/2018, Page 47
• Publishers Weekly, 03/25/2019, Page 0