The Blackbirds of St GilesI loved this brilliant book about an essential and forgotten piece of our history. Devious plots, secret pasts and forbidden futures. Gritty and thrilling, with vivid and unforgettable characters LAURA SHEPHERD ROBINSON Some things are earned. Some things are worth fighting for Its 1782, Daniel and his sister Pearl arrive in London with the world at their feet and their future assured. Having escaped a Jamaican sugar plantation, Daniel fought for the

he is swiftly removed from the project

If you have ever wondered how many ways there are to open a bottle of wine

Working alone

Then the sinister truth begins to reveal itself

From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of Wolf Hall

taken far from their friends and their homes

Assistant Editor Hannah has come back from getting messily divorced to discover that someone is trying to kidnap a member of their staff and while editor Vincent Banecroft would be delighted to see the back of any of his team

Aldo believes an unholy murderer is stalking the citizens of Florence

But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life

who has been unavoidably detained due to the fact that she is being murdered at this very moment

'Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful

In its audacious interweaving of stories