The Devil in the Marshalsea

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WINNER OF THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN CREASEY CWA DAGGER FOR BEST DEBUT CRIME NOVEL

A splendid debut. . .this is a truly spellbinding taleGuardian

Hodgsons utterly compelling debut is fiendishly plotted and dripping with atmosphereMark Billingham

A brilliant first novel. . .a blood-drenched investigation that twists and turns in the vortex of Georgian societyThe Times

Historical fiction just doesnt get any better than this. Magnificent!Jeffery Deaver

London, 1727.

Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-houses into the hell of a debtors prison.

The Marshalsea is a savage 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 the gaols rutheless governor and his cronies.

The trouble is, Tom Hawkins has never been good at following rules - even simple ones. And the recent murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought further terror to the gaol.

While the Captains beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way: to the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet.

READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THIS MAGNIFICENT HISTORICAL MYSTERY
I read a lot of detective fiction. Hodsgons debut is one of the best ever ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Superb from start to finish ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐