Book description
1934, London.
Into the decaying cul-de-sac of Bleeding Heart Square steps
aristocratic Lydia Langstone fleeing an abusive marriage. However,
unknown to Lydia, a dark mystery haunts Bleeding Heart Square. What
happened to Miss Penhow, the middle-aged spinster who owns the house
and who vanished four years earlier? Why is a seedy plain-clothes
policeman obsessively watching the square? What is making struggling
journalist Rory Wentwood so desperate to contact Miss Penhow?
And why are parcels of rotting hearts being sent to Joseph Serridge,
the last person to see Miss Penhow alive?
Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of critically acclaimed crime
novels, including the Roth Trilogy (ITV's
Fallen Angel
) and
The American Boy
, his bestselling historical novel which was a Richard and Judy Book
Club selection. He has won many awards, including the CWA John Creasey
Award, an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery Writers of America and two CWA
Ellis Peters Historical Daggers. He lives in the Forest of Dean.
