Featuring all the suspense and historical atmosphere of Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries, Karen Odden's enthralling debut plunges a headstrong young Englishwoman into a conspiracy that reaches the highest corridors of power.
KAREN ODDEN received her PhD in English literature from New York University and has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She currently serves as an assistant editor for the academic journal Victorian Literature and Culture. Her debut novel, A Lady in the Smoke, was a USA Today bestseller.