The darkening hour

Penny Hancock

Original title: The Darkening Hour

earliest edition we have, 2013 Simon & Schuster, Limited, 2013 416 pages

Mona, a migrant domestic worker is employed by London housewife, Theodora. At first Theodora only asks Mona to clean and cook for her, but as unwanted pressures begin to take their toll, she deflects these onto Mona. Slowly, imperceptibly, Theodora's demands increase until she is treating Mona as nothing better than a slave. Mona is going to have to take extreme measures of her own to escape the control of her increa...

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The darkening hour edition · 2014 · 469 pages · 9781471250712
The Darkening Hour edition · 2014 · Simon & Schuster Ltd · 9780857206251
Darkening Hour edition · 2013 · Simon & Schuster, Limited · 416 pages · 9781471111242
Darkening Hour edition · 2013 · Simon & Schuster, Limited · 416 pages · 9780857206268

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