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History & Her Story: Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Beth Lewis, Shylashri Shankar (online)
Friday 12th September - 15:30
History and Her Story: Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Beth Lewis, Shylashri Shankar
Meet three writers of historical crime fiction, all of whom excel in creating evocative and atmospheric novels telling tales of another time and place.
Shopkeeper Hannah Cole has to prove her innocence in Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s fiendishly clever cat-and-mouse thriller The Art of a Lie set in 18th Century London. The lives and fates of three women are intertwined in Beth Lewis’s The Rush, a dazzling Yukon-set Gold Rush thriller rich in character. The mutilated bodies of three women spark a police hunt for a Jack the Ripper copycat in Victorian India in Shylashri Shankar’s stunning debut Blood Caste.
Meet three writers of historical crime fiction, all of whom excel in creating evocative and atmospheric novels telling tales of another time and place.
Shopkeeper Hannah Cole has to prove her innocence in Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s fiendishly clever cat-and-mouse thriller The Art of a Lie set in 18th Century London. The lives and fates of three women are intertwined in Beth Lewis’s The Rush, a dazzling Yukon-set Gold Rush thriller rich in character. The mutilated bodies of three women spark a police hunt for a Jack the Ripper copycat in Victorian India in Shylashri Shankar’s stunning debut Blood Caste.
