{"product_id":"the-blood-a-gripping-and-darkly-atmospheric-thriller","title":"E S Thompson: The Blood [2018] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eLove evocative descriptions of Victorian London and brilliant plotting? Then grab a copy of this!'\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Griffiths, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Primrose Path\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA world of secrets, murder and betrayal lie behind the London waterfront . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummoned to the riverside by the desperate, scribbled note of an old friend, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find themselves on board the seamen's floating hospital, an old hulk known only as \u003ci\u003eThe Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, where prejudice, ambition and murder seethe beneath a veneer of medical respectability. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn shore, a young woman, a known prostitute, is found drowned in a derelict boatyard. A man leaps to his death into the Thames, driven mad by poison and fear. The events are linked - but how? Courting danger in the opium dens and brothels of the waterfront, certain that the \u003ci\u003eBlood\u003c\/i\u003e lies at the heart of the puzzle, Jem and Will embark on a quest to uncover the truth. In a hunt that takes them from the dissecting tables of a private anatomy school to the squalor of the dock-side mortuary, they find themselves involved in a dark and terrible mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ex x x\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for E.S. Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Blood \u003c\/i\u003eexerts a fearsome grip from the off. Thomson is an expert and witty guide to the medical underbelly of Victorian London and \u003cb\u003eher book oozes viscera and atmosphere on every page. Terrific stuff!\u003c\/b\u003e' Graeme Macrae Burnet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Meticulously researched and masterfully plotted, E.S. Thomson has written a \u003cb\u003ecomplex, harrowing and highly enjoyable \u003c\/b\u003etale' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Here's\u003cb\u003e a tale of Victorian London to freeze your blood \u003c\/b\u003eon a cold winter's night' \u003ci\u003eEvening Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Jem Flockhart's London is \u003cb\u003evivid, pungent and perilous\u003c\/b\u003e. The Blood takes you to places you will love to picture but be grateful you can't smell' Chris Brookmyre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA miasmic, unnerving portrait of hell on earth\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eNot for the fainthearted, this riveting mystery is similar in theme to Lawrence Goldstone's \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Deception\u003c\/i\u003e and Ambrose Parry's \u003ci\u003eThe Way of All Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'E. S. Thompson's Jem Flockhart books are \u003cb\u003ethe best I've read in years. Jem is just my kind of heroine\u003c\/b\u003e: scarred, smart, complex, and unapologetically queer' Kirsty Logan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gracekeepers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eIt's rare that a book is Gothic enough for me, but \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeloved Poison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is killing it\u003c\/b\u003e. The blood, the bones, the crumbling hospital . . .' Laura Purcell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Companions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eJem Flockhart is a marvel . . . \u003c\/b\u003eThis vivid journey into the dark side of the human soul is a thoroughly engrossing tale' Mary Paulson Ellis, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Mrs Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeliciously dark and vividly atmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e, menace oozes from every page. Terrific for lovers of historical noir' \u003ci\u003eSaga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A \u003cb\u003efirst class piece of historical crime\u003c\/b\u003e writing' \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A marvellous, vivid book ... immaculately researched and breathtakingly dark\u003c\/b\u003e' Janet Ellis, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher's Hook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA tale of darkest London in the 1850s\u003c\/b\u003e . . . this fine novel, featuring a most unusual detective, blends Victorian melodrama and historical reality' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thompson, E S","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44522928931106,"sku":"9781472126573","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/thompson-e-s-the-blood-a-gripping-and-darkly-atmospheric-thriller-9781472126573-40673263026466.jpg?v=1677268601","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-blood-a-gripping-and-darkly-atmospheric-thriller","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}