THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND AWARD-WINNING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
Murder,lies and betrayal in Regency England
England 1819. Thomas Shield,a master at a school just outside London,is tutor to a young American boy and the child's sensitive best friend,Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant's beautiful,unhappy mother,Shield becomes entwined in their family's affairs.
When a brutal murder takes place in London's seedy backstreets,all clues lead to the Frant family,and Shield is tangled in a web of lies,money,sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart.
Soon,it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy. What secrets is the young Edgar Allan Poe hiding
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008300753Number of pages: 512Weight: 450 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 38 mm
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'One of the Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade'Sunday Times
'An enthralling read from start to finish'The Times
'Deeply absorbing and beautifully written'Independent
'Hugely entertaining,beguiling and atmospheric'Observer
'Delightful...it will have you desperate to search out a quiet corner to continue your acquaintance with it'Daily Telegraph
Andrew Taylor
After a varied earlycareer including stints as a librarian,teacher,publisher's editor and (more unusually) boat-builder on his CV,Andrew Taylor has built a reputation as an astute and accomplished writer. A favourite with Waterstones'customers for his popular seriesincluding theLydmouthnovels and the popularFallen Angeltrilogy Taylor is perhaps best-known for his historical fiction,particularlyThe American Boy,The Anatomy of Ghosts,Bleeding Heart SquareandThe Silent Boy.The Ashes of Londonand The Fire Court make up the James Marwood series of historical novels.
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