Bøker av Georgina Clarke

When an undercover assignment for the Bow Street magistrate sees sex worker Lizzie Hardwicke trade Mrs Farley's Bawdy House in Soho for life as a seamstress at the theatre on Drury Lane, it becomes clear quite quickly that what goes on in the wings is much more intriguing than the theatrics being played out onstage. When a high-profile investor is brutally hanged at centre stage, Lizzie discovers the body and is once again thrown together with the handsome Inspector Will Davenport. 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 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 sex worker, 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...

A sparkling new historical novel inspired by London's notorious all-female crime syndicate known as 'The Forty Thieves'....