The Goddess and the Thief

Essie Fox

'A fabulous foray into a shadowy Victorian world' WOMAN&HOME

A beguiling novel of Victorian theft and obsession from the bestselling author of THE SOMNAMBULIST.

Uprooted from her home in India Alice is raised by her aunt a spiritualist medium in Windsor. When the mysterious Mr Tilsbury enters their lives Alice is drawn into a plot to steal the priceless Koh-i-Noor diamond claimed by the British Empire at the end of the Anglo-Sikh wars.

Said to be both blessed and cursed the sacred Indian stone exerts its power over all who encounter it: a handsome deposed maharajah determined to claim his rightful throne a man hell-bent on discovering the secrets of eternity and a widowed queen who hopes the jewel can draw her husband's spirit back. In the midst of all this madness Alice must discover a way to regain control of her life and fate...

'An obvious comparison is with early Sarah Waters' GUARDIAN

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