The Art of a Lie (Hardback)

[A] wonderfully inventive novel set in eighteenth-century England. As the heroine and narrator Red seeks the truth about her origins and possible connection to the wealthy De Lacy family, the reader’s expectations are constantly confounded with one twist in her tale after another - The Sunday Times on The Square of Sevens

This rich, complex and haunting Dickensian epic is a triumph of the Gothic genre . . . A masterpiece - Janice Hallett, betselling author of The Appeal, on The Square of Sevens

A sweeping Dickensian tour de force of a novel . . . cementing the author’s place as the queen of modern Georgian literature - Susan Stokes-Chapman, bestselling author of Pandora, on The Square of Sevens

Come for the clever mystery, stay reading late into the night for the vivid, tender portrayal of a world where women are bought, sold and abused, yet fight to retain their vim and dignity. I would gamble what’s left of my virtue on Daughters of Night being the best historical crime novel I will read this year - The Times on Daughters of Night

A stunning tour de force . . . Breathtaking stuff - Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End, on Daughters of Night

This is right up with the best of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor . . . A real treat, for readers of literary, detective and historical fiction - Amanda Craig, author of The Three Graces, on Daughters of Night

Laura Shepherd-Robinson has written a story that is not only a page-turner of a thriller but, to an extent unusual in historical novels, where you feel you really are listening to a voice from the eighteenth century. This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity - C. J. Sansom, bestselling author of Tombland, on Blood & Sugar

A striking historical thriller . . . Few first novels are as accomplished as this - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Ashes of London, on Blood & Sugar

A novel of astonishing skill - Financial Times on Blood & Sugar