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London, 1938. Danny Beck, petty crook and womaniser, is used to getting his way. But when his sweetheart, the beautiful and wealthy Phoebe, proposes to him the unthinkable - murdering her father - Danny knows he's in over his head. With the promise of her hand in marriage and her fortune, Danny's ready to take the risk. But as the plan for murder ripens, he worries whether he can trust the people he's working with and the hangman's noose looms ever closer. Can Danny survive the dangerous game he's playing or will he be the one to pay the ultimate price? Follow Danny's thrilling journey in this suspenseful novel of mystery and murder.

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Laura Dowers is a British writer of historical fiction. An enthusiastic amateur historian since a teenager, Laura has spent the last twenty years exploring notorious characters from the Tudor era and attempting to rehabilitate their reputations by writing their side of the stories rather than the ones that are so familiar to lovers of this period. She's also written about Ancient Rome, and Victorian and 1930s England. Theatre lover, fan of classic British sci-fi shows and an adoring servant of two cats, Laura lives in London.

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