The Angel's Mark

By S. W. Perry,

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Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Fiction Dagger, 2019

A Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019

'Rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure, leaving you wrung out with terror. Historical fiction at its most sumptuous.' Rory Clements
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Heresy. Conspiracy. Murder...

London, 1590: Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of…

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1 author picked The Angel's Mark as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved this because there is a sense of foreboding from the beginning, and the horror builds. SW Perry pulls you into the dirt, grime, and grunge of Tudor London and the roughness of life at the end of the Tudor reign.

You are immersed in the sheer awfulness of medieval medicine and the arrogance of the people who led it. You can almost smell the streets and laboratories and hear Tudor London's din. I also loved it because the key characters are sympathetically developed and flawed.

Also, the dual point of view leads you to feel a sense of…

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