The first thrilling historical crime novel starring Thomas Hawkins, a rakish scoundel with a heart of gold, set in the darkest debtors' prison in Georgian London, where people fall dead as quickly as they fall in love and no one is as they seem.
London, 1727.
Tom Hawkins refuses to follow in his father's footsteps and become a country parson.
His preference is for wine, women, and cards.
But there's honor there too, and Tom won't pull family strings to get himself out of debt--not even when faced with London's notorious debtors' prison.
The Marshalsea Gaol is a 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 its ruthless governor and his cronies.
The trouble is, Tom has never been good at following rules, even simple ones.
And the recent grisly 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: do the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet.
Some call Fleet a devil, a man to avoid at all costs.
But Tom Hawkins is sharing his cell.
Soon Tom's choice is clear: get to the truth of the murder--or be the next to die.
A dazzling evocation of a startlingly modern era, The Devil in the Marshalsea is a thrilling debut novel full of intrigue and suspense.
About the Author: ANTONIA HODGSON is the editor in chief of Little, Brown UK.
She lives in London and can see the last fragments of the old city wall from her living room.
The Devil in the Marshalsea is her first novel.
| Rules | Those with family or friends who can lend them a little money may survive in relative comfort |
|---|---|
| While the captain's beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way | Do the sly enigmatic figure of |
| Tom's choice is clear | Get to the truth of the murderor be the next to die |
| Author | Antonia |
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