One of our Great Reads You May Have Missed in 2012.
Described by the author as an homage to Charles Dickens but also an incredibly well researched and re-imagined, gripping Victorian murder mystery based on his classic Bleak House. Where Dickens just hinted at Lynn Shepherd immerses you in a grim London underworld in which girls as young as ten work the night as prostitutes, unwanted babies are ruthlessly disposed of, and those who threaten the rank and reputations of great men are eliminated at once, and without remorse.
September 2012 Book of the Month.
In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for Tom-All-Alone's a small number of Lovereading members were lucky enough to be invited to review this title - 'a very clever, extremely entertaining and highly addictive read and one I couldn’t recommend highly enough.' Scroll down to read more reviews.
London, 1850. Fog in the air and filth in the streets, from the rat-infested graveyard of Tom-All-Alone's to the elegant chambers in Lincoln's Inn Fields, where the formidable lawyer Edward Tulkinghorn has powerful clients to protect, and a deadly secret to hide.
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London, 1850. Fog in the air and filth in the streets, from the rat-infested graveyard of Tom-All-Alone's to the elegant chambers in Lincoln's Inn Fields, where the formidable lawyer Edward Tulkinghorn has powerful clients to protect, and a deadly secret to hide.
Tom-All-Alone's features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Books of the Month, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, Fiction, General Fiction, Recommendations
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Tom-All-Alone's was written by Lynn Shepherd and published by Corsair an imprint of Constable and Robinson
