The Crime Writers’ Association

Historical Dagger 2019

Shortlisted


Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Blood & Sugar

Published by: Mantle

This stunning debut shines an unflinching spotlight on the slave industry which supported the British Empire, with war hero Captain Harry Corsham vowing to find the killer of his oldest friend, a passionate abolitionist found hanging from a hook at Deptford Dock in 1781.

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