The Dress Lodger

Greater good is just halfway back to Bad.

This is a novel that takes you in the heart of Victorian London. The nightmarish prose, Dickensian and haunting at the same time, introduces Gustine, a very interesting character, and Dr. Chiver who is controversial and fascinating. At the heart of the story lies Medicine, and the well-known practice of stealing the unfortunate dead bodies in order to perform autopsies. There are echoes of the Burke & Hare events and the coming of the plague that troubled Britain in 1831 claiming about 52,000 lives. Amidst the bleakness, Gustine must protect her baby, an extraordinary child with a curse that is also a gift.

One of the best books set in Victorian England, a time of a society full of progress and tumultuousness.