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The American Boy

Andrew Taylor author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:4th Oct '18

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND AWARD-WINNING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

Murder, lies and betrayal in Regency England

England 1819. Thomas Shield, a master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child’s sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant’s beautiful, unhappy mother, Shield becomes entwined in their family’s affairs.

When a brutal murder takes place in London’s seedy backstreets, all clues lead to the Frant family, and Shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart.

Soon, it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy. What secrets is the young Edgar Allan Poe hiding?

‘One of the Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade’ Sunday Times

‘An enthralling read from start to finish’ The Times

‘Deeply absorbing and beautifully written’ Independent

‘Hugely entertaining, beguiling and atmospheric’ Observer

‘Delightful…it will have you desperate to search out a quiet corner to continue your acquaintance with it’ Daily Telegraph

ISBN: 9780008300753

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 38mm

Weight: 450g

512 pages