Midnight Queen

In plague-ravaged London of 1665, Sir Norman Kingsley seeks his fortune in a city choking on death. But what he finds from the mysterious soothsayer "La Masque" is far more dangerous than disease: a vision of a woman so beautiful she consumes his every thought. When he discovers she truly exists, saved from a living grave, he takes her home to nurse her back to health, only to watch her vanish into the fog like smoke. Thus begins a Gothic puzzle wrapped in obsession and dark romance. As Norman and his friend Ormistan race through shadowed streets and forbidden chambers, they must solve the mystery of the Midnight Queen, who is this woman, why was she buried alive, and what secrets does she carry that could destroy them all? May Agnes Fleming, Canada's first best-selling novelist, crafted this breathless tale decades before the Gothic genre peaked, infusing it with supernatural intrigue, historical atmosphere, and a heroine whose very existence defies explanation.