Sarah Waters writes historical fiction about women, sexuality, class and crime, often using Victorian or twentieth-century settings with gothic or suspense elements. Fingersmith begins with Sue Trinder, an orphan raised among thieves, who joins a plot to defraud a wealthy young woman and soon discovers that the plan is far more complicated than she understood. Tipping the Velvet follows Nan King through music halls, relationships and queer communities in Victorian England, while The Night Watch moves backwards through wartime London to reveal how its characters' lives became connected. Waters's novels are detailed, atmospheric and plot-conscious, with hidden identities and shifting perspectives often central. Her work fits queer historical fiction, Victorian gothic and literary suspense. Read more Less
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