{"product_id":"gallows-court-1","title":"Martin Edwards: Gallows Court [2019] paperback","description":"A superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020 \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONDON, 1930 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cb\u003eRachel Savernake\u003c\/b\u003e is no ordinary woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Scotland Yard's embarrassment, she solved the \u003cb\u003eChorus Girl Murder\u003c\/b\u003e, and now - along with journalist \u003cb\u003eJacob Flint\u003c\/b\u003e - she's on the trail of another killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSavernake 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: \u003cb\u003eGallows Court.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eGallows Court\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e'Superb - 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' \u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Packed with evocative period detail, twists and turns and a fascinatingly enigmatic anti-heroine' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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' \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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' \u003cb\u003eMick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Liberally spiced with mystery, suspense and action ... A thoroughly gripping read' \u003cb\u003ePeter Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edwards, Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46484391723347,"sku":"9781788546102","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/edwards-martin-martin-edwards-gallows-court-2019-paperback-9781788546102-1152879660.jpg?v=1743290130","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/gallows-court-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}