‘A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity’ C. J. Sansom
Blood & Sugar is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson.
June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark.
Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He’d said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing . . .
To discover what happened to Tad, Harry is forced to pick up the threads of his friend’s investigation, delving into the heart of the conspiracy Tad had unearthed. His investigation will threaten his political prospects, his family’s happiness, and force a reckoning with his past, risking the revelation of secrets that have the power to destroy him.
And that is only if he can survive the mortal dangers awaiting him in Deptford . . .
© 2019 Mantle (Ljudbok): 9781509880812
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 24 januari 2019
‘A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity’ C. J. Sansom
Blood & Sugar is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson.
June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark.
Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He’d said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing . . .
To discover what happened to Tad, Harry is forced to pick up the threads of his friend’s investigation, delving into the heart of the conspiracy Tad had unearthed. His investigation will threaten his political prospects, his family’s happiness, and force a reckoning with his past, risking the revelation of secrets that have the power to destroy him.
And that is only if he can survive the mortal dangers awaiting him in Deptford . . .
© 2019 Mantle (Ljudbok): 9781509880812
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 24 januari 2019
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Annika
15 aug. 2020
Rekommenderas! Mycket välskriven, intressant och oförutsägbar.
Christopher
2 juli 2021
Spännande mordgåtor med slaveriets mörker som kuliss, informativ och tankeväckande.
Åsa
21 jan. 2021
Bra skildringar av miljön. Skicklig uppläsare.
Malin
16 apr. 2024
Välskriven och med väldigt målande beskrivningar. Även intressant ur ett historiskt perspektiv men den är rå och det blev nästan lite väl deskriptivt. Väl värd att lyssna på men jag kommer inte följa serien.
Elisabeth
4 mars 2024
En mäktig bok. En deckare förlagd till mustig historisk miljö om slaveriets vidrigheter. Mycket skickligt uppläst. Alla röster och dialekter stärker upplevelsen.
X
25 feb. 2021
Good to get to know about the atrocities with slavery but it is too violent for me Didn’t finish it
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