Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
The Library Thief : The spellbinding debut for fans of Rebecca and Fingersmith, Hardback Book

The Library Thief : The spellbinding debut for fans of Rebecca and Fingersmith Hardback

Hardback

In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

An extraordinary historical debut for any reader who loves gothic mysteries like Rebecca and Fingersmith, and fiction which shines a light on untold stories. 'Intriguingly and superbly plotted . . . Shenjé weaves race, identity, feminism, sexuality and class into a beguiling mystery' WOMAN & HOMEThe library is under lock and key.

But its secrets can't be contained. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence's father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls.

But as a young woman, Florence is not so easy to tame - and when she brings scandal to his door, the bookbinder throws her onto the streets of Manchester. Intercepting her father's latest commission, Florence talks her way into the remote, forbidding Rose Hall to restore its collection of rare books.

Lord Francis Belfield's library is old and full of secrets - but none so intriguing as the whispers about his late wife. Then one night, the library is broken into. Strangely, all the priceless tomes remain untouched.

Florence is puzzled, until she discovers a half-burned book in the fireplace.

She realises with horror that someone has found and set fire to the secret diary of Lord Belfield's wife - which may hold the clue to her fate . . . 'A tantalising read that swells with secrecy and intrigue.

It's hard to believe that Kuchenga Shenjé writes of the past, and not of the present.

A beautifully and skilfully written debut' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of Queenie'This debut gut-wrenchingly conveys a unique historical perspective on race, gender, and sexuality . . . Fans of Sarah Waters and Bridget Collins might have in Shenjé a new author to add to their TBR lists'LIBRARY JOURNAL'Powerful, gorgeously absorbing and wholly original'JOANNE BURN, author of The Hemlock Cure'Threads in themes of identity, sexuality and a woman's impossible choices into an intricate web of mysteries that would not let me go'CARI THOMAS, author of Threadneedle'I was swept up with the mystery.

A beautifully crafted story full of nuanced characters, gothic undertones and plenty of heart'STACEY THOMAS, author of The Revels'Atmospheric and compelling.

Victorian gothic with a fresh twist'FREYA BERRY, author of The Birdcage Library

Information

Save 17%

£16.99

£14.09

In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information