02641cam a2200517 i 4500 1262065161 TxAuBib 200729s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020034643 9781951142247 hardcover 1951142241 hardcover 9781951142988 paperback 1951142985 paperback (OCoLC)19955 TxAuBib rda O'Donnell, Paraic, author. The house on Vesper Sands : a novel / Paraic O'Donnell. First US edition. Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2021. ©2021. 403 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier ""London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling, serpentine world of Paraic O'Donnell's Victorian-inspired mystery, the story of a city cloaked in shadow, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress jump from the window? Why is a cryptic message stitched into her skin? And how is she connected to a rash of missing girls, all of whom seem to have disappeared under similar circumstances? On the case is Inspector Cutter, a detective as sharp and committed to his work as he is wryly hilarious. Gideon Bliss, a Cambridge dropout in love with one of the missing girls, stumbles into a role as Cutter's sidekick. And clever young journalist Octavia Hillingdon sees the case as a chance to tell a story that matters-despite her employer's preference that she stick to a women's society column. As Inspector Cutter peels back the mystery layer by layer, he leads them all, at last, to the secrets that lie hidden at the house on Vesper Sands""-- Provided by publisher. 1800-1899. Secrecy Fiction. Secrecy. Nobility Fiction. Nobility. Missing persons Fiction. Missing persons. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical. FICTION / Historical / General. Detectives Fiction. Criminal investigation Fiction. Fiction. London (England) History 19th century Fiction. London (England) Fiction. England London. Great Britain History Fiction. Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. History. Mystery fiction.