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Find out moreOne of our Books of the Year 2016.
July 2016 Debut of the Month.
A detailed, intriguing and highly enjoyable debut historical thriller. James Greenacre is accused of murdering his bride and his mistress, Sarah Gale, is convicted of aiding him in disposing of her body. Public opinion flares up against Sarah and the Home Secretary gets a young lawyer, Edward Fleetwood, to investigate the police evidence. May there have been something amiss? Certainly the facts are puzzling. Sarah's incarceration in Newgate Jail, we are in 1837, is particularly vicious and vividly described. Our young lawyer has a deadline to deliver his evidence and a conscience to battle with. This builds to a terrific and unexpected conclusion. I was totally hooked in the last unputdownable 160 pages. Good stuff.
'With this intricately woven tale of trust, self-trust and deceit, Anna Mazzola brings a gritty realism to Victorian London. Beautifully written and cleverly plotted, this is a stunning debut, ranked amongst the best' MANDA SCOTT After Sarah petitions for mercy, Edmund Fleetwood is appointed to investigate and consider whether justice has been done. Idealistic, but struggling with his own demons, Edmund is determined to seek out the truth. Yet Sarah refuses to help him, neither lying nor adding anything to the evidence gathered in court. Edmund knows she's hiding something, but needs to discover just why she's maintaining her silence. For how can it be that someone would willingly go to their own death?
Closing date: 01/05/2021
In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion some of our Reader Review Panel were also lucky enough to read and review this title. You can click here to read the full reviews.
'With this intricately woven tale of trust, self-trust and deceit, Anna Mazzola brings a gritty realism to Victorian London. Beautifully written and cleverly plotted, this is a stunning debut, ranked amongst the best' -- Manda Scott
The Unseeing is deft, dark and delicious. Anna Mazzola writes brilliantly about Victorian London, a fascinating crime and an intriguing heroine -- Janet Ellis, author of THE BUTCHER'S HOOK
ISBN: 9781472234759
Publication date: 26/01/2017
Publisher: Tinder Press an imprint of Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781472234735
Publication date: 14/07/2016
Publisher: Tinder Press an imprint of Headline Publishing Group
Format: Hardback
ISBN: | 9781472234735 |
Publication date: | 14th July 2016 |
Author: | Anna Mazzola |
Publisher: | Tinder Press an imprint of Headline Publishing Group |
Format: | Hardback |
Genres: | Reader Reviewed Books, Crime / Mystery, Debuts of the Month, eBook Favourites, Historical Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, |
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Anna Mazzola is a criminal justice solicitor, based in London. Whilst The Unseeing is her debut, it has won awards including the Brixton Bookjam Debut Novel competition and she came runner up in the 2014 Grazia First Chapter competition judged by Sarah Waters. Author photo © Lou Abercrombie
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