First published 1987
Beatrice Lacey's insatiable ambition knows no bounds. Denied her family's beloved Wideacre estate by antiquated inheritance laws, she resorts to seduction, betrayal, and even murder to get what she wants. As her dark schemes take root, Beatrice's passion becomes a runaway train, threatening to destroy everything and everyone in her path. Yet even as her plans seem poised to triumph, a single witness haunts her every move, aware of the full extent of her villainous capacity.
Genres: fiction, historical-fiction, thriller, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: ambition, dark-protagonist, family-drama, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Sussex (England)
Period: 1800s
688 pages · Paperback · Atria Books
Content warnings: murder, violence