The Fortunes of Grace Hammer A Novel of the Victorian Underorld [Paperback]

Whitechapel, 1888. Grace Hammer and her children live comfortably in Bell Lane, their home a little oasis in the squalor of Londons East End. They make their living picking the pockets of wealthy strangers foolish enough to venture there. But Graces history is about to catch up with her. Out in the countryside Mr. Blunt rocks in his chair, vowing furious retribution. He has never forgotten his scarlet treasure, or the coquettish young woman who stole it from him.Starred Review. This first novel reads like early Dickens, with every character name aptly fitting its owner, and each scene piquantly described.... Stockbridge captures the mood of Dickensian London perfectly in this gripping debut.This fast-paced tale is at its best when the focus subtly is on the dark atmosphere of the East End underground. . . . Fans will enjoy this fine historical suspense tale.A deft, entertaining, fast-paced and suspenseful tale . . . a page turner.[Stockbridge] has a fast, easy prose style spiced with enough unsavory details-the killings, the poverty-to place her characters. . . . Grace Hammer cuts a dashing figure.An enjoyable romp through nineteenth-century Whitechapel in the company of the beautiful Grace Hammer. Stockbridge captures the mood of Dickensian London perfectly in this gripping debut.