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Publisher	Viper
ISBN 13	9781788165938
ISBN 10	1788165934
Author	Leonora Nattrass
Book Format	Paperback
Language	English

Book Description	* A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN *''One of the best debuts of the year'' - THE TIMES''As nimbly realised as by the genre''s master, Andrew Taylor'' - FINANCIAL TIMES''Black Drop is a joy from start to finish'' - ANDREW TAYLORThis is the confession of Laurence Jago. Clerk. Gentleman. Spy. July 1794, and London is filled with rumours of revolution. The war against the French is not going in Britain''s favour, and negotiations with America are on a knife edge. Laurence Jago, Foreign Office clerk, is ever more reliant on opium - the Black Drop - to ease his nightmares. A highly sensitive letter, whose contents could lead to the destruction of the British Army, has been leaked to the press and Laurence is a suspect. Then he discovers the body of a fellow clerk - a supposed suicide - and it seems clear where the blame truly lies. But Laurence is certain both of his friend''s innocence, and that he was murdered. But after years of hiding his own secrets from his powerful employers, can Laurence find the true culprit without ending up on the gallows himself?A thrilling historical mystery, perfect for readers of C.J. Sansom, Andrew Taylor, Antonia Hodgson and Laura Shepherd-Robinson.''This opium-fuelled gem is a murderous romp'' - JANICE HALLETT''A thrilling slice of pitch-dark historical fiction'' - EMMA STONEX''A gripping, intricate story of Georgian high politics'' - W.C. RYAN
About the Author	Leonora Nattrass lectured on the literature and politics of the 18th century for almost ten years before running away to Cornwall, where she now lives in a seventeenth-century house with seventeenth-century draughts and knits the wool of her small flock of Ryeland sheep into elaborate jumpers.Her first novel Black Drop was a Times Book of the Year and her second Blue Water was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.
Language	English
Publication Date	5/12/2022
Number of Pages	416.0

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