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1904. Thomas Bexley, one of the first forensic photographers, is called to the sleepy Welsh village of Dinas Powys. A yound girl named Betsan Tilny has been found murdered in the woodland.
One night, he develops the crime scene photographs in the cellar of his lodgings. There, he finds a face dimly visible in the photographs - the shadowed spectre of Betsan Tilny.
In the days that follow, Thomas senses a growing presence watching him as he tries to uncover what the villagers of Dinas Powys are so intent on keeping secret...
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'Gothic, claustrophobic and wonderfully dark' - GUARDIAN
'Top notch historical crime fiction, with a dash of the supernatural. A gorgeous book and a riveting tale' - DAVID YOUNG
'An intriguing debut' - THE TIMES
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781409189879
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 260 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 24 mm
A sparkling debut from a name to watch. Hurcom expertly weaves a tale of claustrophobic suspicion set in a Welsh village a few miles from Cardiff - but so inward-looking and insular you might as well be in another world. This is top notch historical crime fiction, with a dash of the supernatural. A gorgeous book and a riveting tale. - David Young
An intriguing debut. - The Times
A promising debut - gothic, claustrophobic and wonderfully dark. - Guardian
Wonderfully dark and creepy...I find it hard to believe this is Hurcom's first novel. It's creepy, disturbing, eerie, dark, spine-chilling and macabre in every way that a Gothic thriller should be. It will make you uneasy - but you won't want to put it down. There is a clever and quite brilliant final twist - Crime Review
Great book, filled with twists and turns. Nice to read a good old fashioned murder mystery.
Chaper 7 is real highlight (don't read it in the dark)
I was utterly fascinated by the blurb for A Shadow on the Lens. Thomas Bexley is one of the first forensic photographers and in 1904 is called to a small Welsh village to investigate the grisly death of a young woman,... More
It is 1904 & forensic photography is in its infancy. Thomas Bexley has made something of a name for himself by helping Scotland Yard with their inquiries & so is sent to Wales to investigate the gory death of... More
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