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The Knowing
A Historical Fiction Novel by Emma Hinds
Subgenres:
- Gothic Historical Fiction,
- Paranormal Historical Fiction,
- 19th-Century New York
This book is for you if you're into...
- Occult mysteries set in 19th-century New York slums
- Tattooed heroines with supernatural gifts and dangerous secrets
- Dark love triangles fueled by obsession and betrayal
In the slums of 19th-century New York, a tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs on the turn of a tarot card.
The Knowing is a darkly spellbinding novel about a girl fighting for her survival in the decaying criminal underworlds. It is a hard-hitting story of love, obsession and betrayal.
Whilst working as a living canvas for an abusive tattoo artist in the slums of 19th-century New York, Flora meets Minnie, an enigmatic circus performer who offers her love and refuge in an opulent townhouse that is home to the menacing and predatory Mr Chester Merton. Flora earns her keep reading tarot cards for his guests whilst struggling to harness her gift, the Knowing—an ability to summon the dead.
Caught in a dark love triangle between Minnie and Chester, Flora begins to unravel the secrets inside their house. Then at her first public séance in the infamous cathouse Hotel du Woods, Flora hears the spirit of a murdered boy prostitute and exposes his killer, setting off a train of events that leaves her fighting for her life.
The Knowing is inspired by real historical characters including Maud Wagner, one of the first known female tattoo artists, New York gang the Dead Rabbits, and characters from PT Barnum's circus in the 1800s.
Something Powerful Is Coming.
Please note, THE KNOWING contains themes of sexual violence which some readers may find challenging.
with Emma Hinds “ I think the battle of every author's life is to write entirely as themselves. ”
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