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The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins

Thomas Hawkins (Book 2)

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**Buy The Raven Scholar now - a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from Sunday Times bestselling Antonia Hodgson**

'A historical crime series that gets better with every book' Andrew Taylor

'Intelligent and engrossing read' Sunday Times

'Historical fiction just doesn't get any better than this. Magnificent!' Jeffery Deaver

'A terrific swash-and-buckle story' Daily Mail

London, 1728.

A young, well-dressed man is driven through streets of jeering onlookers to the gallows at Tyburn.

They call him a murderer. But Tom Hawkins is innocent and somehow he has to prove it.

It is, of course, all his own fault.

He was happy settling down with Kitty Sparks. He should never have told the most dangerous criminal in London that he was bored and looking for adventure.

He should never have offered to help, the king's mistress.

And most of all, he should never have trusted the witty, calculating Queen Caroline. She has promised him a royal pardon if he holds his tongue but then again, there is nothing more silent than a hanged man. . .

From the gilded cage of the Court to the wicked freedoms of the slums, it reveals a world both seductive and deadly. And it continues the rake's progress of Tom Hawkins - assuming he can find a way to survive the noose...

READERS ADORE THE THOMAS HAWKINS SERIES
'I read a lot of detective fiction. Hodsgon's debut is one of the best ever' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A devil of a good story' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A rollicking good read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I haven't enjoyed a novel so much in a long, long time' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Absolutely breathtaking' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Superb from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Critics Review

She is one of the most impressive practitioners of the historical crime genre.
Independent online
A fast-paced adventure that places Hawkins amongst criminals, court intrigue and conspiracies.
Woman & Home
A rattling, rakish romp through Georgian London. More please!
William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier
Dark, twisting and witty. Dripping with 18th century intrigue - from the slums to the palaces of London.
S D Sykes, author of PLAGUE LAND
Hodgson has again married immaculate research to the rip-roaring pace of the modern thriller and come up with a triumphant slice of historical fiction.
The Independent on Sunday
[A] rip-roaring historical thriller . . . I look forward to seeing what scurries out of the dark and grimy streets in Hodgson's next masterpiece.
Daily Express
Intelligent and engrossing reading.
The Sunday Times
A rip-roaring ride through Georgian London's back streets ...wonderfully atmospheric and entertaining
Good Housekeeping
A fun, twisting, shock-riddled masterpiece
The Bookbag
Full of character, suspense and atmosphere.
Woman & Home
Tom Hawkins, The most engaging rake to appear in a historical novel since George Macdonald Fraser's Flashman. This is history brought brilliantly to stinking, screaming life.
Sunday Express
A terrific swash-and-buckle story set in grimy, rumbustious London streets, the pace and plot never flag, the detail is a revelation
Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail
Georgian London in all its gritty reality seeps from the pages of this exciting historical mystery. Told in flashbacks, it has plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader intrigued.
Choice
A lively plot, an engaging hero and a vividly recreated city with all its stench and pleasures. Great fun.
The Times
This magnificent story with its multiple twists and turns, part social history with an informative afterword, an exploration of many faces of evil, with a genuine romantic hero and heroine, is a book to linger over
Crime Review
Antonia Hodgson has a real feel for how people thought and spoke at the time - and God knows, that's a rare talent
Andrew Taylor, author of The Fires of London
Something new in the world of historical crime fiction, with mesmerising detail and atmosphere
Financial Times
Hodgson has a knack for convincing dialogue that crackles with period cadence and flavour
Daily Mail
Hodgson shows the seamy underbelly of Georgian London, and does for this era what C.J. Sansom and Rory Clements have done for Tudor times
Historical Novel Society
Historical fiction just doesn't get any better than this
Jeffrey Deaver
At times Hodgson even rivals Dickens
Daily Express
Any historical fiction enthusiast who isn't a Tom Hawkins fan, has probably just not read any yet
The Bookbag
Author Antonia Hodgson
Narrator Joseph Kloska
Series Thomas Hawkins
Duration 11 hours and 21 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473615571
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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