From the author of the New York Times Notable Book Tipping the Velvet and the award-winning Affinity: a spellbinding, twisting tale of a great swindle, of fortunes and hearts won and lost, set in Victorian London among a family of thieves. Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby's household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves-fingersmiths-for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives-Gentleman, a somewhat elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be left to live out her days in a mental hospital. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways. . . . But no one and nothing is as it seems in this > Dickensian novel of thrills and surprises. The New York Times Book Review has called Sarah Waters a writer of "consummate skill" and The Seattle Times has praised her work as "gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and the senses." Fingersmith marks a major leap forward in this young and brilliant career.

本书描述了上世纪40年代英国伦敦女同性恋、男同性恋和直人（异性恋）的生活。 《守夜》，故事跨越了上个世纪整个四十年代的伦敦，重点以1947，1944 和1941 年为时空背景，描绘了空袭、灯火管制下黑漆漆的街道，偷偷摸摸的违法关系和性冒险，最后回到其起点 1941 年，可说是极具吸引力。故事围绕着四个伦敦人——三个女人和一个年轻男人而推开，他们都有着不为人知的过去。Kay 在战争时期是开救护车的，生活紧张压抑，现在她却穿着男人装，带着不安定的心和无休止的渴望在大街小巷徘徊并寻觅着；Helen，聪明、可爱，讨人喜欢，却深藏着令人痛苦的秘密；Viv，迷人的姑娘，固执地甚至是愚蠢地忠贞于她那个士兵情人；Duncan ，外表纯真无邪，却在战争中发现了自己内心深藏的邪恶并与之搏斗。在小说中，莎拉·沃特斯一如既往的以她纤细的笔调、写实的技巧，编织出一部结构严谨、充满张力的小说，读来令人为之深深着迷。

"Lavishly crammed with the songs, smells, and costumes of late Victorian England" (The Daily Telegraph), this delicious, steamy debut novel chronicles the adventures of Nan King, who begins life as an oyster girl in the provincial seaside town of Whitstable and whose fortunes are forever changed when she falls in love with a cross-dressing music-hall singer named Miss Kitty Butler. When Kitty is called up to London for an engagement on "Grease Paint Avenue, " Nan follows as her dresser and secret lover, and, soon after, dons trousers herself and joins the act. In time, Kitty breaks her heart, and Nan assumes the guise of butch roue to commence her own thrilling and varied sexual education--a sort of Moll Flanders in drag--finally finding friendship and true love in the most unexpected places. Drawing comparison to the work of Jeanette Winterson, Sarah Waters's novel is a feast for the senses--an erotic, lushly detailed historical that bursts with life and dazzlingly casts the turn of the century in a different light. "An unstoppable read, a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demi-monde of the roaring Nineties. It's gorgeous." --The Independent on Sunday (UK)

莎拉‧華特絲再次帶領讀者走入一個優雅詭譎、神秘錯綜的世界。故事發生在維多利亞時代的倫敦，兩個命運交纏的孤兒，一個邪惡驚悚的秘密……蘇‧崔妮德從小和一群俗稱為「手指工匠」的卑劣竊賊一起長大，當她十七歲時，素行不良的騙徒——李查‧瑞佛斯提出了一個狡詐的詭計，請她當年齡相仿的陌生小姐——瑪格‧ 李里的侍女，以助他謀奪瑪格的財產。 蘇應允前往神秘的「荊棘山莊」，計畫卻日漸變調，她發現自己彷彿被綁上絲線的傀儡，身陷一張巨大的蛛網中……性格乖僻的瑪格小姐到底是什麼來歷？這棟詭異陰森的宅邸又埋藏著什麼秘密？還來不及釐清，蘇已一步步走入陷阱…… ★ 本書為BBC熱門影集《指匠情挑》之原著小說 ★ 本書榮獲英國CWA歷史犯罪類小說匕首獎、《紐約時報》注目書賞 ★ 本書為獲選為《娛樂週刊》年度十大好書 ★ 本書於2002年入圍英國文學大獎「柑橘獎」和「曼布克獎」 ★ 作品兼具文學性與娛樂性，成功營造懸疑氣氛 ★ 入選《Granta》雜誌「二十大年輕作家」（2003） ★ 《週日郵報》(Mail on Sunday)盛讚此書為「氣氛緊張、步調完美、節奏巧妙、令人驚奇的罕見佳作。

"Lavishly crammed with the songs, smells, and costumes of late Victorian England" (The Daily Telegraph), this delicious, steamy debut novel chronicles the adventures of Nan King, who begins life as an oyster girl in the provincial seaside town of Whitstable and whose fortunes are forever changed when she falls in love with a cross-dressing music-hall singer named Miss Kitty Butler. When Kitty is called up to London for an engagement on "Grease Paint Avenue, " Nan follows as her dresser and secret lover, and, soon after, dons trousers herself and joins the act. In time, Kitty breaks her heart, and Nan assumes the guise of butch roue to commence her own thrilling and varied sexual education--a sort of Moll Flanders in drag--finally finding friendship and true love in the most unexpected places. Drawing comparison to the work of Jeanette Winterson, Sarah Waters's novel is a feast for the senses--an erotic, lushly detailed historical that bursts with life and dazzlingly casts the turn of the century in a different light. "An unstoppable read, a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demi-monde of the roaring Nineties. It's gorgeous." --The Independent on Sunday (UK)

From the dark heart of a Victorian prison, disgraced spiritualist Selina Dawes weaves an enigmatic spell. Is she a fraud, or a prodigy? By the time it all begins to matter, you'll find yourself desperately wanting to believe in magic.