{"product_id":"9781947848672","title":"The Savage Instinct","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating portrayal of womanhood in Victorian England that is also a nail-biting thriller that will keep readers riveted until the very last page.\" —Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace and Hannah Kent's Burial Rites, this taut psychological thriller offers a delicious take on deviant and defiant Victorian women in a time when marriage itself was its own prison. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngland, 1873. Clara Blackstone has just been released after one year in a private asylum for the insane. Clara has two goals: to reunite with her husband, Henry, and to never—ever—return to the asylum. As she enters Durham, Clara finds her carriage surrounded by a mob gathered to witness the imprisonment of Mary Ann Cotton—England's first female serial killer—accused of poisoning nearly twenty people, including her husbands and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClara soon finds the oppressive confinement of her marriage no less terrifying than the white-tiled walls of Hoxton. And as she grows increasingly suspicious of Henry's intentions, her fascination with Cotton grows. Soon, Cotton is not just a notorious figure from the headlines, but an unlikely confidante, mentor—and perhaps accomplice—in Clara's struggle to protect her money, her freedom and her life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inkshares","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48831226937579,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":34.77,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781947848672-1.jpg?v=1781713375","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781947848672","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}