Antonia Hodgson Knihy

Historicky věrná detektivka z Anglie 18. století, odehrávající se v londýnské věznici pro dlužníky, o níž psal Charles Dickens, který tam se zavřeným otcem sám pobýval, měla před reformou pověst místa, kam se člověk snadno dostane, ale ven už třeba nikdy. Píše se rok 1727 a Thomas Hawkins, mladý karbaník, floutek a pijan se chystá splatit dluh, aby nemusel do vězení Marshalsea. Podaří se mu sice vyhrát peníze, ale je přepaden a okraden – a tak do obávané trestnice nakonec musí. Teprve tady poprvé v životě zalituje, že se nedal na dráhu duchovního, jak si přál jeho otec. V Marshalsea platí jiná pravidla než mimo vysoké zdi, a absolutním pánem je tu správce. Kdo má nějaké peníze od příbuzných, může si koupit suchou postel a dobré jídlo. Kdo je nemá, dostane se do odděleného křídla pro chudáky, prolezlého krysami a úplavicí a postiženého vysokou úmrtností. Jako kdyby toho nebylo dost, je zavražděn kapitán Roberts, jeden z prominentních vězňů, a Thomas, aby se dostal ven, musí chytit jeho vraha.

The fourth novel in Antonia Hodgson's award-winning series featuring Thomas Hawkins and Kitty Sparks is at once her most thrilling and the most darkly disturbing story yet.

A brilliant historical crime novel of Georgian London from the author of The Devil in the Marshalsea.

Late spring, 1728 and Thomas Hawkins has left London for the wild beauty of Yorkshire - forced on a mission he can't refuse. John Aislabie, one of the wealthiest men in England, has been threatened with murder. Blackmailed into investigating, Tom must hunt down those responsible, or lose the woman he loves forever. Since Aislabie is widely regarded as the architect of the greatest financial swindle ever seen, there is no shortage of suspects. Far from the ragged comforts of home, Tom and his ward Sam Fleet enter a world of elegant surfaces and hidden danger. The great estate is haunted by family secrets and simmering unease. Someone is determined to punish John Aislabie - and anyone who stands in the way. As the violence escalates and shocking truths are revealed, Tom is dragged, inexorably, towards the darkest night of his life.

From an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy comes The Raven Scholar, a masterfully woven and playfully inventive tale of imperial intrigue, cutthroat competition, and one scholar’s quest to uncover the truth.Let us fly now to the empire of Orrun, where after twenty-four years of peace, Bersun the Brusque must end his reign. In the dizzying heat of mid-summer, seven contenders compete to replace him. They are exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists—the best of the best.Then one of them is murdered. It falls to Neema Kraa, the emperor’s brilliant, idiosyncratic High Scholar, to find the killer before the trials end. To do so, she must untangle a web of deadly secrets that stretches back generations, all while competing against six warriors with their own dark histories and fierce ambitions. Neema believes she is alone. But we are here to help; all she has to do is let us in.If she succeeds, she will win the throne. If she fails, death awaits her. But we won’t let that happen.We are the Raven, and we are magnificent.