The Clockwork Girl : The captivating and bestselling gothic mystery you won’t want to miss!

Author: Mazzola, Anna

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 19 January 2023 by Orion Publishing Co (Orion) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 368 pages
129 x 197 x 28 | 262g

Historical fiction with a fantastical twist, done with verve and skill IAN RANKINAn atmospheric and constantly surprising thriller SUNDAY TIMESKept me guessing until the end. An absolute masterpiece JENNIFER SAINTA deliciously dark historical novel of thrilling originality ESSIE FOXSpellbinding, gripping, immersive and deliciously gothic ERIN KELLYEvocative, chilling, compelling TAMMY COHENBreathtakingly good ABIR MUKHERJEEParis, 1750.

In the midst of an icy winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, chambermaid Madeleine Chastel arrives at the home of the citys celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter.

Madeleine is hiding a dark past, and a dangerous purpose: to discover the truth of the clockmakers experiments and record his every move, in exchange for her own chance of freedom.

For as children quietly vanish from the Parisian streets, rumours are swirling that the clockmakers intricate mechanical creations, bejewelled birds and silver spiders, are more than they seem.

And soon Madeleine fears that she has stumbled upon an even greater conspiracy. One which might reach to the very heart of Versailles...

A intoxicating story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom.