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Fiction, Crime & mystery, Historical mysteries, Historical fiction
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Two Roads
- Paperback Dec 13, 2016 | 9781473625150 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 25, 2016 | 9781473625143 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 25, 2016 | 9781473625136 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Two Roads
- Paperback Dec 13, 2016 | 9781473625150 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 25, 2016 | 9781473625143 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 25, 2016 | 9781473625136 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Two Roads
- Paperback Dec 13, 2016 | 9781473625150 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 25, 2016 | 9781473625143 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 25, 2016 | 9781473625136 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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The debut novel, THE BUTCHER'S HOOK is the dark and twisted tale of a young girl in 18th-century London determined to take her life in her own hands. No matter the cost.
Georgian London, in the summer of 1763.
At nineteen, Anne Jaccob, the elder daughter of well-to-do parents, meets Fub the butcher's apprentice and is awakened to the possibilities of joy and passion. Anne lives a sheltered life: her home is a miserable place and her parents have already chosen a more suitable husband for her than Fub.
But Anne is an unusual young woman and is determined to pursue her own happiness in her own way... even if that means getting a little blood on her hands.
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Praise for The Butcher's Hook: a dark and twisted tale of Georgian London
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The Butcher's Hook doesn't read like a first novel - it is a high-finish performance. Its heroine is an 18th-century teenage girl, who starts demurely although her sex drive turns out to be anything but demure. You need to be braced for violence to rival any Jacobean tragedy: The Butcher's Hook will hook you. - Observer
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This is a dark, weird, gloriously feminist story of a girl in 1763 pushing against the limits of her role and a dark love story. - Elle
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This author remains one to watch. She has a sharp eye and a sharper wit. More importantly still, she possesses a subtle and compassionate understanding of the human heart - Guardian
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Ellis has a public personality of great charm, and a good deal of this gets into her writing... she revels in the historical details, has a grasp of pace and knows how to keep her audience hooked - The Times
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Ellis weaves her tale with deft skill, striking imagery and a boldness rare in a first novel - Mail on Sunday
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A story of dispassionate, bloody brilliance rich in believable period detail - Metro
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A gripping girl-power story - Sun
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Ellis has created something marvellous in the character of Anne Jaccob - her voice is strange, dark and utterly mesmeric. This is historical fiction as I've never encountered it before: full of viscera, snarling humour and obsessive desire. I loved it. - Hannah Kent
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Janet Ellis
Actress, presenter and author Janet Ellis trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Best known for presenting Blue Peter, she stars in numerous radio and TV programmes and in 2018 appeared at the Edinburgh Festival. In 2016 Janet was awarded an MBE for services to charities and theatre.
A graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing course, her debut novel, The Butcher's Hook, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize.
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