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'The best historical crime novel I will read this year' âEUR" The TimesFrom The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Square of Sevens, Laura Shepherd-RobinsonâEUR(TM)s Daughters of Night follows Caroline Corsham as she seeks justice for a murdered woman whom Georgian London society would rather forget . . .London, 1782. Desperate for her politician husband to return home from France, Caroline âEUR¿CaroâEUR(TM) Corsham is already in a state of anxiety when she finds a well-dressed woman mortally wounded in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. The Bow Street constables are swift to act, until they discover that the dead woman was a highly paid prostitute. But Caro has motives of her own for wanting to see justice done.
Enlisting the help of thief-taker Peregrine Child, Caro sets out to solve the crime herself. Their inquiry delves into the hidden corners of Georgian society, a world of artifice and deception. But with many gentlemen refusing to speak about their dealings with the dead woman, and CaroâEUR(TM)s own reputation under threat, finding the killer will be more treacherous than she can know . . .
'Spectacularly brilliant . . . One of the most enjoyable and enduring stories I have ever read' âEUR" James O'Brien, journalist and author of How They Broke Britain
Praise for Laura Shepherd-Robinson:
'This rich, complex and haunting Dickensian epic is a triumph of the Gothic genre' âEUR" Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal, on The Square of SevensâEUR¿A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarityâEUR(TM) âEUR" C. J. Sansom, bestselling author of Tombland, on Blood & Sugar
About the author
Laura Shepherd-Robinson is the award-winning, Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author of four historical novels. Her books have been featured on BBC 2’s Between the Covers and Radio 4’s Front Row and Open Book. Her fourth novel, The Art of a Lie, will be published in Summer 2025.
Summary
From the pleasure palaces and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Caroline Corsham pursues a murder case in eighteenth-century London that the city officials are refusing to investigate . . .
Foreword
The second novel from the author of Blood & Sugar, and this time Captain Harry Corsham’s wife, Caro, takes centre stage as she pursues a murder case the city officials are refusing to investigate . . .
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[A] delectable whodunnit oozing with menace and lively period language
