by Sarah Waters
First published 2002
Orphan Sue Trinder is recruited by a dashing con man to seduce a naive country heiress. But as Sue infiltrates the woman's life, her loyalty is tested when she begins to empathize with her mark. This Victorian-era thriller of deception and reversal plunges readers into a world of gin-soaked slums, elegant estates, and the fragile psyche of a young woman caught between her dreams and her heart.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, crime, thriller, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, reversal, unreliable-narrator
Setting: England, London, London (England)
Period: 19th century
511 pages · Hardcover · Riverhead