The Art of a Lie

Told with authority and panache, [Laura] Shepherd-Robinson takes us on a breathtaking, tension-filled, kaleidoscopic whirl through the Georgian London of the striving middle classes and those who would prey upon them. A woman fighting for her future, murder, romance, deception – and the best desserts in town – this book has it all. MasterfulAbir Mukherjee, bestselling author of Hunted

Laura Shepherd-Robinson has excelled herself with this most artfully constructed novel, which toys with our emotions and plays havoc with our expectations. She has an instinctive feel for the textures of eighteenth-century life - and an almost supernatural knowledge of contemporary confectionary skills and the art of the sophisticated con-trick. Read and enjoy - historical crime fiction doesn’t get any better than thisAndrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Ashes of London

An irresistible confection to beguile, bemuse and delight, with a slither of ice at its heartEssie Fox, bestselling author of The Fascination

A spellbinding, utterly immersive, meticulously researched novel that grips as a thriller and yet also plunges the reader into a fully realised and vibrant world. The work of a master storyteller!William Hussey, award-winning author of Killing Jericho