All Her Beautiful Deaths

A Rushby author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Verve Books

Publishing:1st Sep '26

£12.99

This title is due to be published on 1st September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

All Her Beautiful Deaths cover

London, 1865. Desperate for work, Minnie takes employment as a maid for the wealthy Culpepper twins. The siblings leada strange and unconventional life: Edmund operates a laboratory from the house while Edith experiments with morbid photography. When Minnie stumbles upon Edith photographing a deceased girl and swan, she is horrified; but with a sick sister to provide for and nowhere else to go, Minnie must stay and unravel the mysteries of Culpepper House before she becomes Edith\'s next victim.

London, present day. Grieving artist Hadley is consumed by an album of Victorian death photography, including the exquisite image of a deceased young girl with a swan. When this photograph is involved in an art world scandal, Hadley is given the opportunity to create an installation surrounding the image. But the enigmatic Kit Culpepper, of the Culpepper Trust, has other plans. He offers Hadley an eye-watering sum of money to sell him the album and never speak of its contents again. As Hadley digs deeper into the album's truths, she begins to suspect Kit Culpepper is guarding a deathly secret... and she's not entirely sure how far he'll go to keep it.

A macabre family mystery that weaves across the generations, All Her Beautiful Deaths is also a twist-filled love story that gets under your skin. Intrigue builds as the story pulls in the dark side of Victorian photography and the politics of today's art world to reach an unexpectedly life-affirming denouement. An addictive read -- Carolyn Kirby, author of The Conviction of Cora Burns
A deliciously gothic dual-time read that I couldn't put down. Enter Edith Culpepper's world and be prepared to be taken on an unexpected journey. Twists aplenty and a fascinating insight into the Victorian practice of death photography. Utterly engaging read -- Jenni Keer, author of The Ravenswood Witch

ISBN: 9780857309280

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

416 pages