Gallows Court

Bloomsbury presents Gallows Court by Martin Edwards, read by Helen MacFarlane.

‘A true master of British crime writing’ RICHARD OSMAN

A superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020

LONDON, 1930
The night is sooty, sulphurous, and malign. A spate of violent deaths has horrified the capital and the smog-bound streets are deserted. No woman should be out on a night like this. But Rachel Savernake is no ordinary woman.

To Scotland Yard's embarrassment, she solved the Chorus Girl Murder, and now – along with journalist Jacob Flint – she's on the trail of another killer.

Savernake and Flint's pursuit of the truth will mire them ever-deeper into a labyrinth of deception and corruption. Murder-by-murder, they will be swept ever-closer to that ancient place of execution, where it all began and where it will finally end: Gallows Court.

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Reviews for Martin Edwards
'Combines all the things I love most about crime fiction: atmospheric settings, twisty plots, intriguing characters and an unforgettable protagonist' Elly Griffiths
''Superb – a pitch-perfect blend of Golden Age charm and sinister modern suspense, with a main character to die for. This is the book Edwards was born to write' Lee Child
'Packed with evocative period detail, twists and turns and a fascinatingly enigmatic anti-heroine' Financial Times
'Edwards has managed, brilliantly, to combine a Golden Age setting with a pace that is bang up-to-date. A great sense of the era observed through a cut-throat-sharp eye, every page dripping with brilliant period authenticity' Peter James
'A ripping tale of retribution and rough justice, set against a finely realised 1930s London. It reads as if Ruth Rendell were channelling Edgar Wallace' Mick Herron
'Liberally spiced with mystery, suspense and action... A thoroughly gripping read' Peter Robinson
'The brilliant Savernake is a fascinatingly enigmatic character' Washington Post

Readers love Gallows Court!

'A clever, twisting, ingenious plot'
'Kept me reading long into the night. More Jacob Flint and more Rachel Savernake please'
'Beautifully redolent of the golden age of crime but bang up-to-date with its themes and with fresh characters'
'I absolutely modestly raise my cloche hat to the ingenuity of Gallows Court. I was totally immersed'
'A superb fusion of golden age crime and dark, psychological thriller'