{"product_id":"9781982181994","title":"Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Sarah Penner and Stuart Turton comes a historical mystery about a young woman in Victorian London who will stop at nothing to avenge her sister after her suspicious\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edeath aboard an Arctic exploration ship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her sister.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Maude Horton receives a letter from the British Admiralty informing her of her younger sister’s death, her world is shattered. Bold and daring, Constance had run away from her life in Victorian London two years prior, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace, an expedition vessel bound for the Arctic’s unexplored Northwest Passage. The admiralty claims Constance’s death was a tragic accident, but Maude knows when she is being deceived.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eArmed with Constance’s diary from her time at sea and a fiery desire for justice, Maude sets her sights on the Makepeace’s former scientist, Edison Stowe, a greedy and manipulative man who she suspects had a hand in her sister’s death. When she learns he has a new venture, a travel company that escorts spectators across the country to witness popular public hangings, Maude decides to join the latest tour, determined to extract the truth from Stowe and avenge her sister—no matter the risk to herself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom the stark beauty of the Arctic to the teeming streets of Victorian London, \u003ci\u003eMaude Horton’s Glorious Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e is a mysterious, transporting tale about the unbreakable bond of sisterhood and the things we are driven to do by both love and greed.","brand":"Lizzie Pook","offers":[{"title":"Simon \u0026amp; Schuster |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-01-16","offer_id":44663069933823,"sku":"9781982181994","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ac42cb80-d4fa-4d47-8aa1-e1bb1e4e112c.jpg?v=1704643193","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781982181994","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}