![]() That is the question Agnes must find the answer to. She is still faced with the question: why are her sitters dying? Is there a murderer on the loose in Bath? We follow Agnes as she starts to notice a disturbing pattern among the people she cuts portraits for… Simon Carfax – the details of which pull the story together and give you lightbulb moments as they are revealed. She also has an intriguing relationship with Dr. She is unmarried and has to look after her mother and nephew too. Agnes is, therefore, finding things financially a struggle. Expertly cutting people’s profiles into card – a skill that was called on less and less due to the advent of photography. We’re given nuggets of info about the past, slowly, slowly.Īgnes Darken is our lead character and has a rather fascinating job – she is a silhouette artist. ![]() Set in Victorian Bath, the first thing that struck me was the intriguing and tantalising way the story unravels itself. Opening sentence: It is the cocked hat that draws her to him: the way it arches above the barricade of toppers. ![]() By that I mean it’s a Gothic delight with all Laura’s signature elements: a clever story that slowly unravels itself, a lead character you root for and a satisfying hit of the supernatural. The Shape of Darkness is the fourth book from Laura Purcell and it’s everything I wanted it to be. ![]()
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