Synopses & Reviews
The year is 1866. Edward Scales is a businessman, a butterfly collector, a respectable man. He is the man Gwen Carrick fell in love with seven years before. Now he is dead and Gwen is on trial for his murder. Set in a Victorian world battling between the forces of spiritualism and Darwinism, polite society and the call of clandestine love, Gwen and Edward's tale is a gripping melodrama, a romance, and a murder mystery that will compel readers to its final thrilling page.
About the Author
Martha Lea was born in Leicester in 1970 and has a BA in Fine Art from Falmouth School of Art & Design. The Specimen is her first novel.