<p><b>‘A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity’ – </b><b>C. J. Sansom, author of <i>Dissolution</i>.</b><br><br><b>Winner of the HWA Debut Crown</b><br><b>Winner of the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award</b><br><br><b><i>Blood & Sugar </i>is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor.</b><br><br>June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock, London – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark.<br><br>Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – learns that an old friend, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believ
