'Gripping' Daily Express
'Full of twists and turns' That's Life
'Another winner... Plenty of twists, the odd conspiracy theory to ramp up the pace. Insider glimpses into the media and art world add fascination' Press Association
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Your house is on fire. What do you save? You have seconds to decide…
When the West End Gallery in London's fashionable Coal Drops Yard is set alight, the fire service must use the list of paintings lodged with it - a grab list - to snatch the key pieces of art from the flames.
But something has been altered. It's the wrong list.
Then the ashes reveal another tragedy: an unidentified dead body. Someone who should not have been there. Crusading journalist Famie Madden wants to know who it is and what they were doing. Soon it becomes apparent that the ashes are hiding much more than they should be - and that this is much more than a casual act of arson.
Soon Famie's investigation will take her far from the pages of her website into a murderous family saga stretching back over centuries…
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Praise for Simon Mayo
'Mayo spools out his many twists and turns skilfully' Observer
'Simon Mayo is clearly a force to be reckoned with in the thriller world' The Times
'The characters are well observed, the dialogue effortless and the twists and turns never-ending' Daily Mail
| ISBN: | 9781804991671 |
| Publication date: | 13th August 2026 |
| Author: | Simon Mayo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Transworld |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Thriller and Suspense Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives Crime and mystery: women sleuths |
'Gripping' Daily Express
'Full of twists and turns' That's Life
'Another winner... Plenty of twists, the odd conspiracy theory to ramp up the pace. Insider glimpses into the media and art world add fascination' Press Association
_______________
Your house is on fire. What do you save? You have seconds to decide…
When the West End Gallery in London's fashionable Coal Drops Yard is set alight, the fire service must use the list of paintings lodged with it - a grab list - to snatch the key pieces of art from the flames.
But something has been altered. It's the wrong list.
Then the ashes reveal another tragedy: an unidentified dead body. Someone who should not have been there. Crusading journalist Famie Madden wants to know who it is and what they were doing. Soon it becomes apparent that the ashes are hiding much more than they should be - and that this is much more than a casual act of arson.
Soon Famie's investigation will take her far from the pages of her website into a murderous family saga stretching back over centuries…
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Praise for Simon Mayo
'Mayo spools out his many twists and turns skilfully' Observer
'Simon Mayo is clearly a force to be reckoned with in the thriller world' The Times
'The characters are well observed, the dialogue effortless and the twists and turns never-ending' Daily Mail
Black Tag features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Black Tag is available in Paperback, Hardback
Black Tag was written by Simon Mayo and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Transworld
Black Tag has 384 pages
£8.99