Affinity

Anupper-classwoman,recoveringfromasuicideattempt,visitsthewomen'swardofMillbankprisonaspartofherrehabilitation.ThereshemeetsSelina,anenigmaticspiritualist-andbecomesdrawnintoatwilightworldofghostsandshadows,unrulyspiritsandunseemlypassions,untilsheisatlastdriventoconcoctadesperateplottosecureSelina'sfreedom,andherown."Unfoldssinuouslyandominously...apowerfulplot-twister.Thebookismultidimensional:anaturalisticlookatVictoriansociety;atrulysuspensefultaleofterror;andapieceofelegant,thinlyveilederotica."("USAToday")"Gothictale,psychologicalstudy,puzzlenarrative-SarahWaters'secondnovelisallofthesewrappedintoone,serveduptosuperblysuspensefulandhypnoticeffect."("TheSeattleTimes")