{"product_id":"blood-sugar","title":"Blood \u0026 Sugar","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Shepherd-Robinson, Laura \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/01\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 464 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781509880799,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity’ – C. J. Sansom, author of Dissolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the HWA Debut CrownWinner of the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel AwardBlood \u0026amp; Sugar is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock, London – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – learns that an old friend, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He’d said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo discover what happened to Tad, Harry is forced to pick up the threads of his friend’s investigation, delving into the heart of the conspiracy Tad had unearthed. His investigation will threaten his political prospects, his family’s happiness, and force a reckoning with his past, risking the revelation of secrets that have the power to destroy him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that is only if he can survive the mortal dangers awaiting him in Deptford . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant book . . . Absolutely superb' – James O'BrienShortlisted for the CWA New Blood DaggerShortlisted for the CWA Historical DaggerLonglisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43101189734444,"sku":"9781509880799","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781509880799.jpg?v=1713003956","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/blood-sugar","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}