The Scoundrel Harry Larkyns and his Pitiless Killing by the Photographer Eadweard Muybridge (Paperback)

Gripping, cinematic, tragic and tender, THE SCOUNDREL HARRY LARYNS is a belated contender for one of the best books of the year - IRISH TIMES

There's much to enjoy in this painstakingly researched account of a forgotten and troubled ne'er-do-well; it's a story that is as eventful as it is tragic - GUARDIAN

This is a cold case investigation into a true crime of passion with a family history twist that more than 140 years later finally puts the unlucky Larkyns' side of the story - FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE

Strange, brilliant, quirky and illuminating, books such as this remind us, if we need reminding, that books matter. Nothing else can take you away, take you back, take you to places you've never known, to meet people you would never meet - COUNTRY LIFE

Harry Larkyns's life at times reads like fiction . . . Full marks to Rebecca Gowers for bringing this contradictory and little-known figure properly under the lens - Max Décharné, SPECTATOR

Rebecca Gowers's gripping tale of a 19th century rogue is a masterpiece of historical detective work - Keith Lowe

Enthralling writing . . . this is a book that stays with you - Alex Von Tunzelmann

Gowers has taken the cold embers of Harry's life and rekindled them to create a portrait of a fascinating, contradictory figure - THE OLDIE

A fascinating piece of historical detective work . . . that brings the extraodinary Larkyns to life - HWA Non-Fiction Crown Judges