{"product_id":"book-bq92","title":"Affinity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Llewellyn Rhys Prize winner •\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eNovelist of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the shadows of Victorian London, a tale of obsession and redemption unfolds. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Prior, an upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, has begun visiting the women’s ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London’s grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative charity work. Amongst Millbank’s murderers and common thieves, Margaret finds herself increasingly fascinated by on apparently innocent inmate, the enigmatic spiritualist Selina Dawes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelina was imprisoned after a séance she was conducting went horribly awry, leaving an elderly matron dead and a young woman deeply disturbed. Although initially skeptical of Selina’s gifts, Margaret is soon drawn into a twilight world of ghosts and shadows, unruly spirits and unseemly passions, until she is at last driven to concoct a desperate plot to secure Selina’s freedom, and her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in her noteworthy debut, \u003ci\u003eTipping the Velvet\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarah Waters brilliantly evokes the sights and smells of a moody and beguiling nineteenth-century London, and proves herself yet again a storyteller, in the words of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, of “startling power.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Unfolds sinuously and ominously … a powerful plot-twister … a truly suspenseful tale of terror; and a piece of elegant, thinly veiled erotica. Like a Ouija board, \u003ci\u003eAffinity \u003c\/i\u003eoffers different messages to different readers, scaring the shrouds off everyone in the process.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49390429569328,"sku":"BDbq92","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/bq92-cover.jpg?v=1758569018","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bq92","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}