The Knowing

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In the slums of 19th-Century New York. A tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs on the turn of a tarot card. Powerful, intoxicating and full of suspense. The Knowi ng is a darkly spellbinding novel about a girl, fighting for her survival in the decaying criminal underworlds. It is a hard-hitting story of love, obsession and betrayal. Whilst working as a living canvas for an abusive tattoo artist in the slums of 19th-Century New York, Flora meets Minnie, an enigmatic circus performer who offers her love and refuge in an opulent townhouse that is home to the menacing and predatory Mr Chester Merton. Flora earns her keep reading tarot cards for his guests whilst struggling to harness her gift, the Knowing - an ability to summon the dead. Caught in a dark love triangle between Minnie and Chester, Flora begins to unravel the secrets inside their house. Then at her first public seance in the infamous cathouse, Hotel du Woods, Flora hears the spirit of a murdered boy prostitute and exposes his killer which sets off a train of events that leaves her fighting for her life. The Knowing is a stunning debut inspired by real historical characters including Maude Janeway, the first known female American tattoo artist, New York gang the Dead Rabbits, and characters from P.T. Barnum's circus in the 1800s. Show more