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Very, Very Strange,
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This review is from: Moss Rose (a compelling story of love and terror by a master of the gothic novel) (Paperback)
This book by Joseph Shearing is loosely
(very loosely) based on a murder that occured in 1872 in London. IN a seedy, downtrodden part of London were many music halls. This is about Belle Adair a dancer who had come down in life about as far as anyone can go. She lived in one room in a house that rented to other dancers. Half the time she couldnt afford heat; her clothes were ragged looking and she went without food alot. She had seriously considered suicide which was the way out, sadly foro many of these unfortunate girls. In the room next to Belle lived, Daisy another dance hall girl and on one particular night all of the girls could hear a man,s voice in daisy's room but couldnt make out the words and daisy wouldnt tell them who he was except that he was a gentleman and they could tell he was refined by his voice. later that night Belle steps out of her room and sees a man darting into the street from Daisy's room. The next morning BElle went to find out all about Daisy's young man and found Daisy lying in bed with her throat cut and a German Bible on the floor and note written by a man to Daisy. Belle began to wonder what she could make out of this situation. Here she was with nothing, hardly able to survive and she had seen the man leave Daisy,s room. The man turned out to be a young German minister who was in LOndon getting together with a well known minister to go to Brazil to preach to the natives. At the trial everyone in Belle's house said it was his voice they had heard in Daisy's room but Belle said definitely not. Belle at one time had been of a higher class in life so the court tended to believe her and let the minister go. Since the police had supposedly made a mistake arresting this minister, the government presented him with a check for alot of money. Plus he was wealthy as it was. To Belle she surely could benefit from all of this. After all she was the one who got him off of an murder charge. She went to his hotel and first talked to the minister's friend going on how she got the minister from Belle,s room a hanging charge indicating she had information they might like to have (Bible and notes). The minister said he did not kill Daisy that she probably committed suicide(wonder how many at the trial believed daisy cut her own throat!). She tells the ministers that all she wants is to leave the awful life she has and that now they are going bck to Germany(Brazil cancelled due to noteriety) and suggests the young minister take her and she can be a companion to his mother who lived in a forest in Germany. He finally agreed and from there on you will find out how very strange this mystery is. I wish I could read the transcripts of the original trial.
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