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***LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016***

'KNOWS HOW TO KEEP HER AUDIENCE HOOKED' The Times
'A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER' Clare Mackintosh
'DARK, WEIRD AND GLORIOUSLY FEMINIST' Elle

Georgian London, in the summer of 1763.
At nineteen, Anne Jaccob, the elder daughter of well-to-do parents, meets Fub the butcher's apprentice and is awakened to the possibilities of joy and passion.
Anne lives a sheltered life: her home is a miserable place and her parents have already chosen a more suitable husband for her than Fub.
But Anne is an unusual young woman and is determined to pursue her own happiness in her own way...
...even if that means getting a little blood on her hands.

'A SHARP EYE AND A SHARPER WIT' Guardian
'A SPIRITED, DARK DEBUT' Woman & Home
'STRANGE, DARK AND UTTERLY MESMERIC' Hannah Kent

*And Janet Ellis's second, darkly compelling novel, How It Was, is out now*

The Butcher's Hook: a dark and twisted tale of Georgian London

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***LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016***'KNOWS HOW TO KEEP HER AUDIENCE HOOKED' The Times'A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER' Clare Mackintosh'DARK, WEIRD... Read more

    Publisher: John Murray Press
    Publication Date: 06/10/2016
    ISBN13: 9781473625150, 978-1473625150
    ISBN10: 1473625157

    Number of Pages: 368

    Fiction , Crime & Thriller

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    ***LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016***

    'KNOWS HOW TO KEEP HER AUDIENCE HOOKED' The Times
    'A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER' Clare Mackintosh
    'DARK, WEIRD AND GLORIOUSLY FEMINIST' Elle

    Georgian London, in the summer of 1763.
    At nineteen, Anne Jaccob, the elder daughter of well-to-do parents, meets Fub the butcher's apprentice and is awakened to the possibilities of joy and passion.
    Anne lives a sheltered life: her home is a miserable place and her parents have already chosen a more suitable husband for her than Fub.
    But Anne is an unusual young woman and is determined to pursue her own happiness in her own way...
    ...even if that means getting a little blood on her hands.

    'A SHARP EYE AND A SHARPER WIT' Guardian
    'A SPIRITED, DARK DEBUT' Woman & Home
    'STRANGE, DARK AND UTTERLY MESMERIC' Hannah Kent

    *And Janet Ellis's second, darkly compelling novel, How It Was, is out now*

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