Bleeding Heart Square

Taylor, Andrew

£9.99

Legend states the Devil once danced in Bleeding Heart Square and left a murdered woman behind him. Formerly the site of a medieval palace, it is now, in 1934, a decaying north London cul-de-sac. In a lodging house resides a collection of tenants with equally colourful histories, including the sinister Samuel Serridge.

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Publish Date: 29/01/2009
ISBN: 9780141018614 Category: Tags: , ,

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FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLERS SINCE 1945

Bleeding Heart Square is a tense historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London

1934, London

Into the decaying cul-de-sac of Bleeding Heart Square steps aristocratic Lydia Langstone fleeing an abusive marriage. However, unknown to Lydia, a dark mystery haunts Bleeding Heart Square. What happened to Miss Penhow, the middle-aged spinster who owns the house and who vanished four years earlier? Why is a seedy plain-clothes policeman obsessively watching the square? What is making struggling journalist Rory Wentwood so desperate to contact Miss Penhow?

And why are parcels of rotting hearts being sent to Joseph Serridge, the last person to see Miss Penhow alive?

Additional information

Weight 341 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 29 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback
Pages

467
Language

English
Edition

1st paperback ed
Dewey

823.914 (edition:22)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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