Synopsis

In Spitalfields in 1840, Catherine Sorgeiul, young and nervous of life starts to terrify herself with her obsession with a series of murders in London. She has a dark secret - and her fascination with the murders involves her in a terrible world of betrayal, sexual obsession and murder. Rich  historical fiction with shadowy undertones in the vein of Sarah Waters, Michel Faber and Patrick Suskind, The Pleasures of Men explores the underworld of the Victorians and their secret, desperate desires.

The Pleasures of Men will be published in the UK, US, and Canada in Summer 2011. It will also be published in Italy, Holland, and Brazil, and further territories.