5/20/2023 0 Comments The London Monster by Donna ScottTo atone for his past helplessness, Tom now is a pugilist and vigilante, determined to catch the Monster before he can hurt any more women. Tom is haunted by his mother’s murder, which happened before his own eyes when he was ten. Tom Hayes, meanwhile, is the son of a filthy rich merchant with aspirations to a seat in the House of Commons. In the course of her journalistic adventures, Sophie meets and befriends Maeve, an Irish prostitute. To attempt to get her articles written and published, Sophie goes around London dressed as a boy, researching and following leads. Unfortunately, not only is that a profession forbidden to women, she is also betrothed to Cuthbert “Bertie” Needham, her childhood friend. Sophie Carlisle, daughter of a minor noble, wants nothing more than to become a journalist. Author Donna Scott takes this historical figure out for a ride in her new novel, The London Monster. It is unlikely that the correct man was ever arrested, though one man did serve time in Newgate as the Monster. Most of the women only had their dresses torn, though a few were cut on their hips and fortunately, none of them died. In Late Georgian London, a man dubbed as “The London Monster” was attacking women, assaulting first their ears and sensibilities with terribly vulgar come-ons and, when those inevitably failed to win the lady’s affection, he stabbed at her with a dagger. Source: Helen Hollick at Discovering Diamonds The London Monster by Donna Scott ( Website, Twitter, IG )
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