Gallows Court Paperback / softback

by Martin Edwards

Part of the Rachel Savernake series

Paperback / softback

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â€˜A true master of British crime writingâ€™ 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 â€“ along with journalist Jacob Flint â€“ 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 â€“ 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