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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND AWARD-WINNING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKMurder, lies and betrayal in Regency EnglandEngland 1819. Thomas Shield, a master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant's beautiful, unhappy mother, Shield becomes entwined in their family's affairs.When a brutal murder takes place in London's seedy backstreets, all clues lead to the Frant family, and Shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart.Soon, it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy. What secrets is the young Edgar Allan Poe hiding?

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The American Boy

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    A Paperback / softback by Andrew Taylor

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins
      Published 4 October 2018
      ISBN-13 9780008300753
      978-0008300753
      ISBN-10 0008300755
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      Crime & Thrillers Historical Fiction

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      Book Synopsis
      THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND AWARD-WINNING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKMurder, lies and betrayal in Regency EnglandEngland 1819. Thomas Shield, a master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant's beautiful, unhappy mother, Shield becomes entwined in their family's affairs.When a brutal murder takes place in London's seedy backstreets, all clues lead to the Frant family, and Shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart.Soon, it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy. What secrets is the young Edgar Allan Poe hiding?

      Trade Review

      ‘One of the Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade’ Sunday Times

      ‘An enthralling read from start to finish’ The Times

      ‘Deeply absorbing and beautifully written’ Independent

      ‘Hugely entertaining, beguiling and atmospheric’ Observer

      ‘Delightful…it will have you desperate to search out a quiet corner to continue your acquaintance with it’ Daily Telegraph

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