Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary’s daughter, returns to eighteenth-century London to solve a murder case steeped in witchcraft.
London, 1758:
Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary’s daughter, has found a position at St Mary Magdalene’s Refuge for fallen women. The charity is supported by a wealthy merchant who offers the most promising girls steady work in his factor. But when seven girls go missing, Beatrice is uneasy.
Their would-be benefactor claims they were a coven of witches, beholden only to Satan and his demonic misdeeds. But Beatrice is convinced something much darker than witchcraft is at play…
About the author Graham Masterton’s credits as a writer include the bestselling horror novel The Manitou and the top-ten bestselling Katie Maguire crime series. Scarlet Widow, published in 2016, was his first book to feature eighteenth-century apothecary Beatrice Scarlet.
