I killed seven men so far; another fourwould make no difference.They each deserved to die.

England, 1905. Rebecca Victoria Davies-Australian, bastard, and unrepentant murderess-has spent three decades delivering justice where the law refuses to tread. Now embedded in the Metropolitan Police's covert Special Branch, she is charged with hunting the men abducting and murdering young aristocrats. But Rebecca has her own reasons for pursuing predators, and none of them are written in any statute book.

When a criminal gang seizes Lady Katherine, niece of their intended victim, Rebecca and her mentor Major Williams are dragged into a conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels of Special Branch. Old ghosts claw their way back into Rebecca's life: a forbidden love that ended in blood, the men she killed in Australia, and the revenge she took when justice failed her.

As loyalties fracture and a madman orchestrates a deadly game, Rebecca must choose between the vengeance that shaped her and the unexpected possibility of love. To save Lady Katherine-and herself-she must finally confront the madman.

Cut on the Bias is a razor-edged tale of justice, desire, and the frayed seams of a life cut against the grain.

Susanna Bonaretti is a writer whose creative work has long centred on performance-short films, musical theatre, and song lyrics. Cut on the Bias, her debut novel, began as a television mini-series concept but soon evolved into a sweeping historical narrative when its protagonist refused to be constrained by twelve episodes.Fascinated by strong women on screen (think Salt, Xena Warrior Princess, Wonder Woman and, yes, even Calamity Jane and Lucy Ricardo-and so many more), Bonaretti set out to explore how one particular young woman might respond to brutality inflicted on the vulnerable. The more unchecked the violence, the more vengeful the justice-and the deeper the downward spiral. What began as an impossible television project, with its ambitious scope and period detail, ultimately found its true form as a novel.Italian by heritage, Australian by choice, and an Anglophile by cultural passion, Bonaretti draws on her love of Australian colonial history and Edwardian England. Her writing blends meticulous research with emotionally resonant storytelling, revealing the frayed edges beneath the official record.She lives in New South Wales.susannabonaretti.com