Scarlet widow

Summary: London, 1750: Beatrice Scarlet is the apothecary's daughter. She can mix medicines and herbs to save the lives of her neighbours - but, try as she might, she can't save the lives of her parents. An orphan at just sixteen, Beatrice marries a preacher and emigrates to America. New Hampshire, 1756: In the farming community where Beatrice now lives, six pigs are found viciously slaughtered; slices of looking-glass embedded in their mouths. According to scripture, this is the work of Satan - but Beatrice Scarlet suspects the hands of men. As she closes in on the killer, she must act quickly to unmask him - or become the next victim herself ...

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ISBN: 9781784976293
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ISBN: 178497630X
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ISBN: 9781784975951
Physical Description: print
385 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: London : Head of Zeus, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

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Orphans Fiction
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New Hampshire History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction
London (England) Fiction
Witchcraft Fiction
Murderers
Orphans
Villages
England London
New Hampshire

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