Late nineteenth century Victorian England.
Temperance Stone has spent her life on the outside — poor, overlooked, and trapped by the brutal expectations placed upon women in Victorian England. But Temperance refuses to accept the fate handed to her. When she begins a scandalous affair with a married man connected to a respectable household, she catches a first glimpse of the life she has always wanted — security, status, and a place within a world that has always kept its doors closed to her. But as scandal spreads through the streets of Bath, resentment and suspicion begin to gather around the household. Then, one autumn evening among the streets of Bath’s infamous red light district beside the dark waters of the River Avon, two children disappear.
No bodies are ever found.
Accident, misfortune… or something far more sinister?
A Cuckoo in the Castle is a haunting historical mystery of ambition, obsession, and the devastating consequences of wanting more than the world is willing to give.
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