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The Silent Boy

(2014)
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Awards
2016 CrimeFest: eDunnit Award (nominee)
2015 CrimeFest: eDunnit Award (nominee)
2015 CWA Historical Dagger (shortlist)

From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a brilliant new historical thriller set during the French Revolution.

Paris, 1792. Terror reigns as the city writhes in the grip of revolution. The streets run with blood as thousands lose their heads to the guillotine. Edward Savill, working in London as agent for a wealthy American, receives word that his estranged wife Augusta has been killed in France. She leaves behind ten-year-old Charles, who is brought to England to Charnwood Court, a house in the country leased by a group of émigré refugees.

Savill is sent to retrieve the boy, though it proves easier to reach Charnwood than to leave. And only when Savill arrives there does he discover that Charles is mute. The boy has witnessed horrors beyond his years, but what terrible secret haunts him so deeply that he is unable to utter a word?

Genre: Historical Mystery

Praise for this book

"A gripping and atmospheric thriller - the perfect blend of dark suspense, appealing characters and fascinating history. I loved it!" - Antonia Hodgson

"I enjoyed this book very much indeed. I found the evocation of late 18th Century England, and the French exiles, effortlessly authentic, the hunt for Charles gripping, and the portrayal and first-person narrative of the helpless, traumatised, yet strong and resourceful little boy moving and believable. An excellent work." - C J Sansom


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