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'A true master of British crime writing' RICHARD OSMAN'The brilliant Savernake is a fascinatingly enigmatic character.' WASHINGTON POSTA superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020 LONDON, 1930The night is sooty, sulphurous, and malign. A spate of violent deaths has horrified the capital and the smog-bound streets are deserted. No woman should be out on a night like this. But
Rachel Savernake is no ordinary woman.
To Scotland Yard's embarrassment, she solved the
Chorus Girl Murder, and now - along with journalist
Jacob Flint - she's on the trail of another killer.
Savernake and Flint's pursuit of the truth will mire them ever-deeper into a labyrinth of deception and corruption. Murder-by-murder, they will be swept ever-closer to that ancient place of execution, where it all began and where it will finally end:
Gallows Court.
Reviews for Gallows Court:'Superb - a pitch-perfect blend of Golden Age charm and sinister modern suspense, with a main character to die for. This is the book Edwards was born to write'
Lee Child'Packed with evocative period detail, twists and turns and a fascinatingly enigmatic anti-heroine'
Financial Times'Edwards has managed, brilliantly, to combine a Golden Age setting with a pace that is bang up-to-date. A great sense of the era observed through a cut-throat-sharp eye, every page dripping with brilliant period authenticity'
Peter James'A ripping tale of retribution and rough justice, set against a finely realised 1930s London. It reads as if Ruth Rendell were channelling Edgar Wallace'
Mick Herron'Liberally spiced with mystery, suspense and action... A thoroughly gripping read'
Peter Robinson
Info autore
Martin Edwards
Riassunto
The first in a new series of fast-paced, twisty thrillers set in 1930s London.
Prefazione
The first in a new series of fast-paced, twisty thrillers set in 1930s London.
Testo aggiuntivo
Martin Edwards has recreated the period beautifully in this gripping and bloodthirsty thriller... It is compulsive reading: a truly satisfying crime novel'
