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'Astonishing. A rare and wonderful story' - Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark
'Fiendishly clever and completely gripping' - Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things
'Laura Shepherd-Robinson takes delight in pulling the rug out from under her…
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Laura has made her name as a serious writer of historical crime fiction, but her latest is a different animal. It’s still set in the Georgian period she so vividly evokes, but this is a playful and immersive novel with a wicked sense of humour bubbling just under the surface. From Hannah, a strong but repressed woman, though to powerful men like Henry Fielding with the law on their side, it’s down to the reader to unravel everyone’s hidden motives, as the pursuit of a financial legacy threatens to drag everyone down into London’s murky sewers. A book I didn’t…
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