The shape of darkness laura purcell

Still recovering from a serious illness herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but then one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for Agnes, and then another, and another… Why is the killer seemingly targeting her business?ĭesperately seeking an answer, Agnes approaches Pearl, a child spirit medium lodging in Bath with her older half-sister and her ailing father, hoping that if Pearl can make contact with those who died, they might reveal who killed them.īut Agnes and Pearl quickly discover that instead they may have opened the door to something that they can never put back? As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat.