By the author of The Handmaid&s Tale Now a major NETFLIX series Sometimes I whisper it over to myself Murderess Murderess It rustles like a taffeta skirt along the floor& Grace Marks Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak & unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic & notorious women of the 1840s Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality cruelty & mystery & Brilliant Atwood&s prose is searching So intimate it seems to be written on the skin& Hilary Mantel& The outstanding novelist of our age& Sunday Times&A sensuous perplexing book at once sinister & dignified grubby & gorgeous panoramic yet specific I don&t think I have ever been so thrilled& Julie Myerson Independent on Sunday