Reader, I murdered him /
Cornwell, Betsy,
Reader, I murdered him / - First edition. - 291 pages ; 22 cm
"Adele grew up in the shadows--first watching from backstage at her mother's Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father's manor. When she's finally sent away to boarding school in London, she's happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors. Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele's new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault, she turns to a roguish young con woman for help. Together, they become vigilantes meting out justice. But can Adele save herself from the same fate as those she protects? With a queer romance at its heart, this lush historical thriller offers readers an irresistible mix of vengeance and empowerment."--
9780358306641 0358306647
Vigilantes--Juvenile fiction.
Assault and battery--Juvenile fiction.
Boarding schools--Juvenile fiction
Bisexual teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Swindlers and swindling--Juvenile fiction.
Female offenders--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
813/.6
Reader, I murdered him / - First edition. - 291 pages ; 22 cm
"Adele grew up in the shadows--first watching from backstage at her mother's Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father's manor. When she's finally sent away to boarding school in London, she's happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors. Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele's new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault, she turns to a roguish young con woman for help. Together, they become vigilantes meting out justice. But can Adele save herself from the same fate as those she protects? With a queer romance at its heart, this lush historical thriller offers readers an irresistible mix of vengeance and empowerment."--
9780358306641 0358306647
Vigilantes--Juvenile fiction.
Assault and battery--Juvenile fiction.
Boarding schools--Juvenile fiction
Bisexual teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Swindlers and swindling--Juvenile fiction.
Female offenders--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
813/.6