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London, 1758. Beatrice Scarlet has returned to London and found work at St Mary Magdalene's Refuge for fallen women. Beatrice enjoys the work, and her apothecary skills are much needed. But when 12 girls sent to a factory in Clerkenwell disappear, Beatrice is uneasy. Their would-be benefactor claims they were witches, sacrificed by Satan for his demonic misdeeds. But Beatrice is sure something much darker than witchcraft is at play....
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- Freda
- Warrington, United Kingdom
- 09-10-17
Victorian Female Solves the Case
Brilliant follow up to the Scarlet Widow - Beatrice Scarlet. Beatrice (the daughter of an apothecary) moved to the colonies (America), 3 years after her husband died and her son goes missing she is asked to leave and taking her daughter they go back to London to work in a refuge for fallen women. She gets caught up in a mystery of 7 missing girls who had been picked to work in a tobacco factory belonging the the benefactor of the refuge She was told that the women they were witches and the devil had spirited them away. She doesn't believe this and begins to investigate using the skills her father taught her before he died and is drawn into a web of murder and depravity. Masterton's depiction of Victorian London makes you glad you never lived in that era and Emma Gregory's brilliant narration brings it all to life.
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- Kat
- 20-03-18
A gripping series with a strong heroine.
I loved the first book and so was keen to hear the second in the series, it did not disappoint.
Subject matter is at times not exactly enjoyable to listen to but gripping and has you on tenterhooks.
I love the strong female character in this series and I always feel like I'm willing Widow Scarlet on.
Very well written and an excellent narrator.
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- Dawn
- 18-10-17
Beatrice Scarlet the apothecary turned detective.
The Coven is masterfully written and well narrated; it is set in London in 1758 and is an excellent follow up to the Scarlet Widow. As the second book in the Beatrice Scarlett series it could quite easily be listened to as a stand-alone book as things that happened previously are merged into this novel.
After the death of her husband Beatrice has no income and her only son Noah has gone missing. She then has little option but to take up the position offered to her by the church and so Beatrice reluctantly leaves America and her hopes of finding Noah and moves to London to work in a church refuge for fallen women.
She takes her daughter with her and as they try to build a new life some of the women from the refuge go missing, Beatrice is informed that these women formed a coven and made sacrifice’s to the devil. Just to be clear, even though the title is “The Coven,” this is certainly not a story about witches.
Beatrice is convinced someone she knows is responsible for the girls disappearance and begins to investigate using the apothecary skills her father taught her. She then finds herself drawn into the disappearance and is witness to murder, rape and other horrors.
It’s a graphic and gripping tale and certainly not for the faint hearted, there are quite a few graphic sexual and murder scenes, so if you are easily offended then this probably isn’t an audiobook for you. Overall this is an intriguing audiobook and well worth my monthly credit.
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- DJSpiderpig
- 23-05-19
Superb narration,
Not so much horror as some of the other GM books I have read.
The narrator Emma Gregory is outstanding, by far the best audiobook I have have listened too
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- Anonymous User
- 06-02-19
the Coventry
this was very descriptive, I was transported to the era and setting of the story as if I was watching a movie in IMAX. Masterton is just that good. great non-supernatural tale from the master of fiction. I wish there where more tales of the Widow Scarlett. the guy ranks with Stephen King and others of his ilk. would recommend.
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- Pearls Perspective
- 25-03-18
Absolutely Brilliant, and the language...
Graham Masterton, is a masterful and consummate storyteller, and I have been a fan of his for many years. With his descriptions and trueisms of the time period and flawless attention to detail. He brings his characters to life in such a way that you expect them to simply step forth from the pages and play out their preordained roles before your very eyes. Truly sublime.
The language is delicious and again, flawless which the narrator Emma Gregory, did a magnificent job of, richly envoking each character. It made the story all the more gripping and marvelous for her extraordinary work.
I love the Widow Scarlet, thoroughly enjoyed Book1, but I must say, this one was even better. The horrors of life she had already endured before returning to England (Read Book 1), only made the new terrors and mysteries, she must solve all the more intriguing. She is a remarkable character, able to see beyond human limitations to the circumstances that are endured, in a time when human life was worth so little. Without judgement she seeks only to help and heal, and to use her scientific mind to seek justice for those unable to claim it for themselves.
Not to be missed.