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England's best spy. France's deadliest prison.
Paris, 1789. Attica Morgan, the daughter of a Lord and a member of high society, is a woman of hidden talents: English spy, secret assassin, fearless fighter. The sole female member of a clandestine network, her new assignment is in Paris, a city where nothing is what it seems...
Because in Paris, revolution is in the air. Skirmishes are rife and English visitors are viewed with suspicion. Attica is charged with investigating the murder of a rebel in the morgue of the Bastille, that notorious prison of no return. A murder her backers are convinced is part of a much more treacherous plot.
With France on the cusp of bloody revolution, Attica soon realizes her mission is a great deal deadlier than she bargained for. A mythic treasure has vanished, a strange man named Robespierre wants her dead, and on the city streets all hell is about to break loose...
About the author
C.S. Quinn is a travel and lifestyle journalist for The Times, the Guardian and the Mirror, alongside many magazines. Prior to this, Quinn's background in historic research won prestigious postgraduate funding from the British Arts Council. Quinn pooled these resources, combining historical research with first-hand experiences in far-flung places to create her bestselling The Thief Taker series.
Summary
A thrilling, sumptuous historical crime novel set in the early days of the French Revolution from the e-book bestselling sensation C. S. Quinn.
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A thrilling, sumptuous historical crime novel set in the early days of the French Revolution from the e-book bestselling sensation C. S. Quinn.
