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A young woman in eighteenth-century England is on a journey to discover her true identity in The Square of Sevens, the third novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her deceased mother and uncovers shocking secrets about her family"--

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother and uncovers shocking secrets in this immersive and atmospheric saga perfect for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry.Cornwall, 1730: A young girl known only as Red travels with her father making a living predicting fortunes using the ancient Cornish method of the Square of Sevens. Shortly before he dies, her father entrusts Red’s care to a gentl...

A young woman in eighteenth-century England is on a journey to discover her true identity in The Square of Sevens, the third novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson

The third novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson, in which a young woman in eighteenth-century England is on a journey to discover who she really is

The second novel from the author of Blood & Sugar, and this time Captain Harry Corsham's wife, Caro, takes centre stage as she pursues a murder case the city officials are refusing to investigate . . .

My name is Caroline Corsham, ' she said. 'I believe you know my husband, Captain Henry Corsham. A woman has been murdered, Mr Child, and I need your help.

From the seedy underbelly of Covent Garden to the highest circles of Westminster, Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Daughters of Night follows lady Caroline Corsham as she seeks to avenge the death of a woman who society would rather forget . . .The lady's fingers found her own. She gazed at Caro as if from a distance. Her lips parted, her words a whisper: 'He knows.'London, 1782. Desperate for her husband to return home from France, Caroline 'Caro' C...

‘A searing, ingeniously constructed story’ The TimesJune, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable dama...

He had seen murdered men before – washed up on the mudflats, or dumped in the dockside alleys . . . None of them had prepared him for this. This one was more than a corpse. He was a spectacle . . .June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – is visited by the sister o...

‘A striking historical thriller that exposes the horrors of Britain’s slave trade . . . Few first novels are as accomplished as this’ Andrew Taylor, author of The American Boy‘Phenomenal . . . An historical novel to savour . . . A shoo-in for one of the books of the year’ David Young, author of Stasi Child‘Every colour, sound and smell of 1780s Deptford flew off the page . . . Extraordinary’ Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies‘Epic, harrowi...