The Demoniacs

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Author: John Dickson CarrISBN: 9781471905377Publisher: OrionYear first published: 19 Dec 2013Pages: 190 Format: Paperback / softbackA chilling Gothic tale of warped passion and biz arre murder by the master of the historical whodunit.Two women: one a vile old bawd, dead, it seemed, of fright; the other, Peg, a headstrong, ravishing young heiress. Their lives are linked by a mysterious portrait and a child's nursery rhyme - a rhyme that spells disgrace and death for the lusty young Peg unless her unwilling lover can trace the connection.'No one is so consistently successful as Carr' New York Times Book Review Show more