Ruby Mills is ruthlessly ambitious, strikingly beautiful - and one of the Forty Thieves' most talented members.

Harriet Littlemore is an aspiring journalist from a 'good' family, engaged to a rising star of the Tory party - but she wants a successful career of her own.

After witnessing Ruby fleeing the scene of a robbery, Harriet develops a fascination with the young thief that extends beyond journalistic interest, one which Ruby can use to her advantage.

But both the Forties and London society have strict rules - and the fallout from Ruby and Harriet's unlikely acquaintance may be more than either woman is prepared for.

The Dazzle of the Light tells a compulsive, cinematic story, fraught with envy and desire, about class, morality and the cost of being an independent woman in 1920.

About the Author
GEORGINA CLARKE has a degree in theology and completed a PhD in history part-time, while working as a parish priest. Her love of the past is at the heart of her fiction: her Lizzie Hardwicke crime series (published by Canelo) is set in the mid-eighteenth century, and her latest novel - The Dazzle of the Light - unfolds in 1920s London and is inspired by the real-life activities of the women-led Forty Thieves crime syndicate. Georgina is currently a tutor at the Queen's Foundation in Birmingham. When she's not working, she enjoys dressmaking, running and mooching around old houses. She lives in Worcester with her husband, son and two lively cats.

Reviews
Adroitly capturing class distinctions, moving with ease from the highest echelons to the lowest,Clarke immerses the reader in a society trying to regain its equilibrium after the devastation ofwar and a world-wide pandemic. Best of all, the writing is terrific * Historical Novel Society (Editors' Choice) *
Fans of Sarah Waters and Kate Atkinson will adore this compelling, evocative and utterly gripping tale... It deserves to be huge -- Sarra Manning * Red *
1920s mystery inspired by a notorious, all-female London crime syndicate * Irish Times (Crime Book of the Year) *
This was a marvellous read... Two fabulous protagonists, you will be rooting for them both * Prima *
Set in 1920s London, this is a tremendously enjoyable read with two spirited heroines * Good Housekeeping *



Book Information
ISBN 9780857308306
Author Georgina Clarke
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Verve Books
Publisher Oldcastle Books Ltd