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The Twisted Heart
Rebecca Gowers
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Description for The Twisted Heart
Paperback. A literary murder mystery and a tale of modern love from an Orange-longlisted author Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. 288 pages. A literary murder mystery and a tale of modern love from an Orange-longlisted author. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 204.
When Kit goes to a dance class she is hoping simply to take her mind off her studies. Soon it looks like Joe, a stranger she meets there, might do more than that. But when Kit uncovers a mystery involving the young Charles Dickens and the slaughter of a prostitute known as The Countess, she is sucked back in to the world of books, and discovers how Dickens became tangled up with this horrendous crime.
When Kit goes to a dance class she is hoping simply to take her mind off her studies. Soon it looks like Joe, a stranger she meets there, might do more than that. But when Kit uncovers a mystery involving the young Charles Dickens and the slaughter of a prostitute known as The Countess, she is sucked back in to the world of books, and discovers how Dickens became tangled up with this horrendous crime.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847671554
SKU
V9781847671554
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-21
About Rebecca Gowers
Rebecca Gowers is the author of The Swamp of Death (Hamish Hamilton), the true story of a fatal showdown between a late Victorian conman and a corrupt detective, shortlisted for the 2004 CWA non-fiction Golden Dagger Award, and of a debut novel, When to Walk (Canongate), longlisted for the Orange Prize, 2007.
Reviews for The Twisted Heart
A genuinely puzzling historical murder mystery linking Dickens to the gruesome murder of a prostitute . . . Fresh and clever and very funny.
Guardian
Gowers's writing is absolutely beautiful.
The Times
Really a contemporary love story, and a very good one too . . . This is ... Read more
Guardian
Gowers's writing is absolutely beautiful.
The Times
Really a contemporary love story, and a very good one too . . . This is ... Read more