Synopsis
'A breathtaking, tension-filled, kaleidoscopic whirl . . . This book has it all. Masterful' – Abir Mukherjee, bestselling author of Hunted
The Art of a Lie is a beguiling cat-and-mouse thriller played out across the streets of 18th-century London. From The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Square of Sevens, Laura Shepherd-Robinson.
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Details
10 July 2025320 pages
9781529053722Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
Told with authority and panache, [Laura] Shepherd-Robinson takes us on a breathtaking, tension-filled, kaleidoscopic whirl through the Georgian London of the striving middle classes and those who would prey upon them. A woman fighting for her future, murder, romance, deception – and the best desserts in town – this book has it all. MasterfulAbir Mukherjee, bestselling author of Hunted
A spellbinding, utterly immersive, meticulously researched novel that grips as a thriller and yet also plunges the reader into a fully realised and vibrant world. The work of a master storyteller!William Hussey, award-winning author of Killing Jericho
[A] wonderfully inventive novel set in eighteenth-century England. As the heroine and narrator Red seeks the truth about her origins and possible connection to the wealthy De Lacy family, the reader’s expectations are constantly confounded with one twist in her tale after anotherThe Sunday Times on The Square of Sevens
A stunning tour de force . . . Breathtaking stuffChris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End, on Daughters of Night
