Blood & Sugar

<p><b>&lsquo;A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity&rsquo; &ndash; </b><b>C. J. Sansom, author of <i>Dissolution</i>.</b><br><br><b>Winner of the HWA Debut Crown</b><br><b>Winner of the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award</b><br><br><b><i>Blood &amp; Sugar </i>is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor.</b><br><br>June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock, London &ndash; horribly tortured and branded with a slaver&rsquo;s mark.<br><br>Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham &ndash; a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career &ndash; learns that an old friend, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believ