These Lost & Broken Things - Helen Sarah Fields
Category: Crime
Tags: Crime, Historical Fiction
Girl. Mother. Assassin., How dangerous is a woman with nothing left to lose?, The year is 1905. London is a playground for the rich and a death trap for the poor. When Sofia Logans husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her penniless with two young children, she knows she will do anything to keep them from the workhouse. But can she bring herself to murder? Even if she has done it before, Emmet Vinsant, wealthy industrialist, offers Sofia a job in one of his gaming houses. He knows more about Sofias past than he has revealed. Brought up as part of a travelling fair, shes an expert at counting cards and spotting cheats, and Vinsant puts her talents to good use. His demands on her grow until she finds herself with blood on her hands., Set against the backdrop of the Suffragette protests, with industry changing the face of the city but disease still rampant, and poverty the greatest threat of all, every decision you make is life or death. Either yours or someone elses. Read best-selling crime
