Dangerous

Dangerous Synopsis

When the disgraced Lord Byron is associated with the deaths of women in Venice, he turns detective to unveil the killer and clear his name. A dazzling, riveting historical mystery by the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Fascination.

`Brooding and brilliantn A.J. West

`What could so easily have been a risible premise for a novel becomes, in Fox's expert hands, the starting point for an atmospheric thrillern Sunday Times

`As mesmerising and charismatic as Byron himself can ever have been … a magnificent gothic tale of scandal, secrets and murdern Janice Hallett

`Evokes all the grimy charisma of eighteenth-century Venice … a mystery as sinuous as the city's alleys and canals. I was enthralledn Elizabeth Fremantle

`A dark treat … splendidly gothic and impressively researchedn Andrew Taylor

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Fiction can be fatal…

Living in exile in Venice, the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city

But when he is associated with the deaths of local women, found with wounds to their throats, and then a novel called The Vampyre is published under his name, rumours begin to spread that Byron may be the murderer…

As events escalate and tensions rise - and his own life is endangered, as well as those he holds most dear - Byron is forced to play detective, to discover who is really behind these heinous crimes. Meanwhile, the scandals of his own infamous past come back to haunt him…

Rich in gothic atmosphere and drawing on real events and characters from Byron's life, Dangerous is a riveting, dazzling historical thriller, as decadent, dark and seductive as the poet himself…

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`A plot as labyrinthine as the Venice backstreets, told in dazzling prose; suspenseful, seductive stuffn Erin Kelly

`Brilliant, daring writing … a darkly delicious Venetian tale of murder and mysteryn Anna Mazzola

`Essie Fox expertly weaves fact and fiction in this gloriously gothic thriller … Venice becomes the atmospheric backdrop to Byron's daring attempt to catch a killern Anita Frank

`Sumptuous, entertaining and gloriousn C.S. Green

`Fox is the queen of darkly glittering gothic fiction … a tale so compelling I devoured it in one sittingn Louisa Treger

`Many writers have tried and failed to capture the Byronic quintessence, but the brilliant Essie Fox has succeeded admirably. She proves that the poet and rake remains fascinating because he is, indeed, mad, bad and Dangerousn Alex Larman

`A heady and intoxicating brew … scandalously scintillatingn Kate Griffin

`A gorgeously clever thrillern Amanda Craig

`A ravishing tale of murder, lust and thwarted ambition … a sumptuous, decadent delightn Emma Carroll

`A deliciously gothic and beautifully written historical thriller starring the ultimate bad boy hero, Lord Byronn Frances Quinn

`An incredibly evocative and atmospheric book that captures the Byronic soul in all its beauty and madnessn Victoria Dowd

`Deliciously dark and everything I hoped it would ben Paul Burston

`An engaging historical mystery tale in which the dissolute poet turns sleuth to clear his own namen Julie Anderson, Time & Leisure Magazine

`A dark, disturbing treat, impeccably researched and compellingly toldn Bridget Walsh

`What a ride! Gripping and atmosphericn Caroline Lea

`A delicious dish of decadence … fastidiously researched, richly imagined, full of wonderful descriptions of Venicen Michael Stewart