Anna Mazzola crée des romans de crime historique et de fiction gothique captivants, plongeant les lecteurs dans des récits atmosphériques qui explorent les aspects les plus sombres de la nature humaine. Son écriture se caractérise par un œil vif pour les détails historiques et un talent pour la narration pleine de suspense. Elle tisse magistralement des intrigues complexes qui explorent les profondeurs psychologiques et évoquent un sens palpable du lieu. L'œuvre de Mazzola est célébrée pour sa capacité à captiver par son mélange unique d'intrigue historique et de sensibilité gothique.
The Miniaturist meets Fingersmith: darkly delicious historical fiction set in
C18th France, where children are disappearing from the streets, clockwork
creations can imitate life itself, and three extraordinary women are battling
for their freedom...
Set in London in 1837, Anna Mazzola's THE UNSEEING is the story of Sarah Gale, a seamstress and mother, sentenced to hang for her role in the murder of Hannah Brown on the eve of her wedding. Perfect for any reader of Sarah Waters or Antonia Hodgson. 'With this intricately woven tale of trust, self-trust and deceit, Anna Mazzola brings a gritty realism to Victorian London. Beautifully written and cleverly plotted, this is a stunning debut, ranked amongst the best' MANDA SCOTT After Sarah petitions for mercy, Edmund Fleetwood is appointed to investigate and consider whether justice has been done. Idealistic, but struggling with his own demons, Edmund is determined to seek out the truth. Yet Sarah refuses to help him, neither lying nor adding anything to the evidence gathered in court. Edmund knows she's hiding something, but needs to discover just why she's maintaining her silence. For how can it be that someone would willingly go to their own death?
The chilling, mesmerising and darkly delicious new novel from Anna Mazzola,
author of The Clockwork Girl and The House of Whispers, inspired by the Aqua
Tofana poisonings in 17th century Italy. Perfect for fans of Jessie Burton,
Laura Purcell and Stacey Halls.