The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)

by Theodora Goss

Mrs. Poole had warned her what a den of iniquity lay there, in Whitechapel and Spitalfields. She was curious to see whether it was as iniquitous as she had been told.

So this was what a fallen woman looked like! Exactly like any other woman, except for her fancier dress and general air of boldness.

She knew, better than any of them, that what Justine often needed was simply solitude.

You know that's right.