Seven for a Secret
Lyndsay Faye
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'Spectacular' Gillian Flynn. SEVEN FOR A SECRET is the captivating second novel in Lyndsay Faye's Edgar Award-nominated series, for fans of Andrew Taylor and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea.
1846: KIDNAP, MURDER, LOVE AND BETRAYAL ON THE LAWLESS STREETS OF NEW YORK.
Timothy Wilde, copper star in the newly formed NYPD, thinks himself hardened to the darker practices of the city he's grown up in. That is, until he encounters the 'blackbirders', slave-catchers with a right to seize runaways from the Southern states.
When a woman reports her family has been stolen, Timothy and his wayward brother Valentine find themselves plunged into an underworld of violence and deceit, where police are complicit and politics savage. If he's to protect all those he cares about, Timothy must unravel the corruption at the heart of the authority he was hired to defend...
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Praise for Seven for a Secret
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This is a series for the ages, it's so spectacular. Really, really just amazingLinguistic panache and narrative drive - The Sunday TimesA wonderful book. Lyndsay Faye's command of historical detail is remarkable and her knowledge of human character even more so. I bought into this world and never once had the desire to leaveExecuted with brio and packed with pungent historical detail...this is a cracking yarn - Daily Mail on THE GODS OF GOTHAMThe dangerous underworld of New York in the mid-nineteenth century... wonderfully vivid and vigorous - The Sunday Times on THE GODS OF GOTHAMThis is special...The historical detail is impressive in a character-driven tale spotted with an underground language called Flash, which is fascinating. Stunning... highly recommended - Bookseller on THE GODS OF GOTHAMThe slums of 19th-century New York... [a] rollicking historical novel...with vibrant characters - New York Times on THE GODS OF GOTHAM
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