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    Georgina Clarke combina il suo background accademico in teologia e storia con una passione ritrovata per la narrazione. I suoi romanzi si immergono nella metà del XVIII secolo, un periodo spesso trascurato che offre un terreno fertile per la narrativa poliziesca. Fa rivivere questa ricca era storica, esplorandone le possibilità attraverso narrazioni avvincenti. L'approccio di Clarke unisce una ricerca meticolosa a una spinta creativa per svelare il passato.

    The Dazzle of the Light
    The Corpse Played Dead
    Death and the Harlot

    • Death and the Harlot

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      A gripping historical crime debut from an exciting new voice. ‘It’s strange, the way fortune deals her hand.’ The year is 1759 and London is shrouded in a cloak of fear. With the constables at the mercy of highwaymen, it’s a perilous time to work the already dangerous streets of Soho. Lizzie Hardwicke makes her living as a prostitute, somewhat protected from the fray as one of Mrs Farley’s girls. But then one of her wealthy customers is found brutally murdered… and Lizzie was the last person to see him alive.Constable William Davenport has no hard evidence against Lizzie but his presence and questions make life increasingly difficult. Desperate to be rid of him and prove her innocence Lizzie turns amateur detective, determined to find the true killer, whatever the cost.Yet as the body count rises Lizzie realises that, just like her, everyone has a secret they will do almost anything to keep buried…

      Death and the Harlot

    • The Corpse Played Dead

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      ‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…’ When an undercover assignment for the Bow Street magistrate sees prostitute Lizzie Hardwicke trade Ma Farley’s Bawdy House in Soho for life as a seamstress the theatre on Drury Lane, it becomes clear quite quickly - what goes on in the wings is much more intriguing than the theatrics being played out on stage…Soon Lizzie is once again thrown together with the handsome Inspector Will Davenport when a high profile investor is brutally hanged at centre stage and Lizzie discovers the body. With the suspect list rivalling any casting call, Lizzie will have to use every trick she’s hidden up her sleeves to unravel the tangled threads and bring the culprit into the spotlight.

      The Corpse Played Dead