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Essie Fox

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The United Kingdom

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Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Crime

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Wilkie Collins. Brontes. Charles Palliser. Lord Byron. Michael Cox. Mi ...more

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February 2011

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My latest novel is called Dangerous, and it will be published by Orenda Books in April 2025. It's a slight change from my normal style of novels in that it's a historical crime mystery - but still very gothic. It's the story of Lord Byron in Venice, when a novel called The Vampyre is fraudulently published under his name, and he is then suspected of murder when several women of his acquaintance are found dead with wounds to their throats.

The Fascination which was published in HB in 2023 is set in the world of Victorian rural fairgrounds, the glamour of the London theatres and an anatomy museum in a shop on Oxford Street - based on one that really did exist! It's a book about deception, obsession, and what it is to be ''different'.

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Average rating: 3.47 · 4,999 ratings · 819 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Somnambulist 3.35 avg rating — 2,155 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Last Days of Leda Grey 3.51 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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ZYLPHIA SARAH FOX

Zylphia Sarah Fox 1837-?
A short time ago, I was surprised to receive a letter from an American cousin which contained some copies of old photographs. Those Victorian portraits shocked us both, for one of the faces staring out bore such a striking resemblance to me and, on further investigation, my cousin had come to discover that the woman in question was indeed a mutual relative.

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