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1851: Joseph Benson picks his way through the seedy streets of Southwark, trying to coax testimonies from the borough's prostitutes without yielding to the city's many temptations. But when his mission brings him to the mysterious Apricot Place, presided over by the bewitching and formidable Mrs Dulcimer, Joseph falls helplessly under its spell.
Over a hundred years later, Madeleine loses her job as a lecturer and moves to a quiet south London cul-de-sac. But a current of unseen life runs through the house: strange voices, a breath at her neck, another woman's face glimpsed in the mirror...