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The Dazzle of the Light

Georgina Clarke author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Verve Books

Published:17th Nov '22

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Ruby Mills is ruthlessly ambitious, strikingly beautiful - and one of the Forty Thieves' most talented members.

Harriet Littlemore is an aspiring journalist from a 'good' family, engaged to a rising star of the Tory party - but she wants a successful career of her own.

After witnessing Ruby fleeing the scene of a robbery, Harriet develops a fascination with the young thief that extends beyond journalistic interest, one which Ruby can use to her advantage.

But both the Forties and London society have strict rules - and the fallout from Ruby and Harriet's unlikely acquaintance may be more than either woman is prepared for.

The Dazzle of the Light tells a compulsive, cinematic story, fraught with envy and desire, about class, morality and the cost of being an independent woman in 1920.

Adroitly capturing class distinctions, moving with ease from the highest echelons to the lowest,Clarke immerses the reader in a society trying to regain its equilibrium after the devastation ofwar and a world-wide pandemic. Best of all, the writing is terrific * Historical Novel Society (Editors' Choice) *
Fans of Sarah Waters and Kate Atkinson will adore this compelling, evocative and utterly gripping tale... It deserves to be huge -- Sarra Manning * Red *
1920s mystery inspired by a notorious, all-female London crime syndicate * Irish Times (Crime Book of the Year) *
This was a marvellous read... Two fabulous protagonists, you will be rooting for them both * Prima *
Set in 1920s London, this is a tremendously enjoyable read with two spirited heroines * Good Housekeeping *

ISBN: 9780857308306

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Weight: unknown

320 pages