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The Devil in the Marshalsea

The unmissable, atmospheric first historical mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Raven Scholar

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The Devil in the Marshalsea

Di: Antonia Hodgson
Letto da: Joseph Kloska
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**Buy The Raven Scholar now - a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from Sunday Times bestselling Antonia Hodgson**

WINNER OF THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN CREASEY CWA DAGGER FOR BEST DEBUT CRIME NOVEL

'A splendid debut. . .this is a truly spellbinding tale' Guardian

'Hodgson's utterly compelling debut is fiendishly plotted and dripping with atmosphere' Mark Billingham

'A brilliant first novel. . .a blood-drenched investigation that twists and turns in the vortex of Georgian society' The Times

'Historical fiction just doesn't get any better than this. Magnificent!' Jeffery Deaver

London, 1727.

Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-houses into the hell of a debtors' prison.

The Marshalsea is a savage world of its own, with simple rules:

Those with family or friends who can lend them a little money may survive in relative comfort.

Those with none will starve in squalor and disease.

And those who try to escape will suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of the gaol's rutheless governor and his cronies.

The trouble is, Tom Hawkins has never been good at following rules - even simple ones. And the recent murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought further terror to the gaol.

While the Captain's beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way: to the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet.

READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THIS MAGNIFICENT HISTORICAL MYSTERY
'I read a lot of detective fiction. Hodsgon's debut is one of the best ever' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A devil of a good story' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A rollicking good read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I haven't enjoyed a novel so much in a long, long time' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Absolutely breathtaking' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Superb from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐©2014 Antonia Hodgson Investigatori privati Narrativa storica Poliziesco Rinascimento Storico Vittoriano
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A splendid debut ... this is a truly spellbinding tale.
Hodgson's utterly compelling debut is fiendishly plotted and dripping with atmosphere. I cannot wait for Tom Hawkin's next adventure. (Mark Billingham)
It is the mesh of lies and duplicity that draws you into this brilliant first novel ...a blood-drenched investigation that twists and turns in the vortex of Georgian society
Historical fiction just doesn't get any better than this. Magnificent! (Jeffery Deaver)
The pace is relentless ...an absolutely superb debut novel
Antonia Hodgson has a real feel for how people thought and spoke at the time - and God knows, that's a rare talent (Andrew Taylor, author of The Fires of London)
Something new in the world of historical crime fiction, with mesmerising detail and atmosphere
Hodgson has a knack for convincing dialogue that crackles with period cadence and flavour
Hodgson shows the seamy underbelly of Georgian London, and does for this era what C.J. Sansom and Rory Clements have done for Tudor times
At times Hodgson even rivals Dickens
Any historical fiction enthusiast who isn't a Tom Hawkins fan, has probably just not read any yet
A riveting historical thriller
A book to be read by candlelight: part romance, part social history ...and a lesson in evil (John Taylor (Duran Duran))
A damn'd good read (Elizabeth Kostova, author of The Historian)
A hugely enjoyable and fast-paced story which takes the reader into the dark world of Georgian crime (Tracy Borman, author of Thomas Cromwell)
A superb debut, tense and atmospheric, that beautifully evokes the dark underbelly of 18th Century London. I was gripped (Saul David)
A wonderfully entertaining novel, twist and claustrophic as an underground maze (Maria McCann, author of The Wilding)
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