{"product_id":"the-butchers-daughter-the-hitherto-untold-story-of-mrs-lovett-hardcover","title":"The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Demchuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCorinne Leigh Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd has gripped fans across literary, stage, and screen renditions--but little has been told of Mrs. Lovett, Todd's partner in crime. Until now. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnclosed herewith: a bloodcurdling correspondence of horror and intrigue, based on the original Victorian penny dreadful that started it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Your fingers may bleed with paper cuts as you tear through \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher's Daughter . . .\u003c\/i\u003e I am spellbound.\"--Gregory Maguire, author of \u003ci\u003eWicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, 1887: At the abandoned apartment of a missing young woman, a dossier of evidence is collected, ordered chronologically, and sent to the Chief Inspector of the London Metropolitan Police. It contains a frightening correspondence between an inquisitive journalist, Miss Emily Gibson, and the woman Gibson thinks may be the infamous Mrs. Lovett--Sweeney Todd's accomplice, \"a wicked woman\" who baked men into pies and sold them in her pie shop on Fleet Street. The talk of London Town--even decades after her horrendous misdeeds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the woman relays the harrowing account of her life in the unruly and perilous streets of Victorian London, her missives unlock an intricate mystery that brings Miss Gibson closer to the truth, even as that truth may cost her everything. A hair-raising and breathtaking novel for fans of Sarah Waters and Gregory Maguire, \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is an irresistible literary thriller that draws richly from historical sources and shines new light on the woman behind the counter of the most disreputable pie shop ever known.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Demchuk\u003c\/b\u003e's debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for the Giller Prize, the Amazon First Novel Award, the Toronto Book Award, the Kobzar Book Award and a Shirley Jackson Award, and won the 2018 Sunburst Award for Best Novel. \u003ci\u003eRED X\u003c\/i\u003e was listed as a CBC Books pick for Best Canadian Fiction of the Year, and a New York Public Library Best Book of 2021. He now lives with his husband in St. John's, Newfoundland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCorinne Leigh Clark\u003c\/b\u003e's gothic heart loves shadowy stories about Victorian London. In 2018, an excerpt from her manuscript-in-progress set in the slums of 19th-century London won a PRH Canada Student Award for Fiction. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Education. She lives with her husband in southern Ontario, Canada.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.4 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51999435260205,"sku":"9781641296427","price":27.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/QB17h28mPu9781641296427.webp?v=1776556210","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-butchers-daughter-the-hitherto-untold-story-of-mrs-lovett-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}