Blood & Sugar ?A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world
conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity? ? C. J. Sansom Blood & Sugar is
the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson. June,
1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock ? horribly
tortured and branded with a slaver?s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry
Corsham ? a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career ? is
visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad
Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause
irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He?d said people were trying
to kill him, and now he is missing . . . To discover what happened to Tad, Harry
is forced to pick up the threads of his friend?s investigation, delving into the
heart of the conspiracy Tad had unearthed. His investigation will threaten his
political prospects, his family?s happiness, and force a reckoning with his
past, risking the revelation of secrets that have the power to destroy him. And
that is only if he can survive the mortal dangers awaiting him in Deptford . . .