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A story of class and corruption, sex and the Sixties, for fans of A Very English Scandal and The Trial of Christine Keeler Nik felt the mistake in his bones. The man in the snakeskin suit reached down towards him and pulled Nik upright by the collar of his coat. Nik didn't see what happened next but he felt the wall. He cried out and then someone hit him and he closed his eyes and waited for it to be over... London. 1967. Nik Christou has been a rent boy since he was 15. He knows the ins show more and outs of Piccadilly Circus, how to spot a pretty policeman and interpret a fleeting glance. One summer night his life is turned upside down, first by violence and then by an accusation of murder. Anna Treadway, fleeing the ghosts of her past, works as a dresser in Soho's Galaxy theatre. Experience has taught her never to put too much faith in the law, so, convinced Nik is innocent she determines to find him an alibi. Merrian Wallis, devoted wife to an MP whose career has already been tarnished by scandal, just wants proof that her husband couldn't have been involved. As Anna searches for clues amongst a cast of MPs, actors, members of gentlemen's clubs and a hundred different nightly clients, will anyone be willing to come forward and save Nik from his fate? show lessTags
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‘’And I know I don’t really fit in but someone has to ask the questions.’’
Anna Treadway embarks on a quest in what many consider the ‘’shady’’ parts of London, to save a young man from being imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Aided by Barnaby and the wife of a sketchy MP, she will come face to face with secrets and prejudices that a significant minority is unwilling to abandon even today.
I won’t say much because the plot is rather intricate and I’d hate to spoil the slightest thing with my blabbering. What I can safely say is that once again, Miranda Emmerson’s attention to detail and the spirited writing create a story that is exciting, poignant and very, very moving. You will walk within the heart of show more London during the late 60s. The city ‘’like a thousand villages joined together by mistake’’ is calling like a darkly enchanting siren. Lower Regent Street, Piccadilly, Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, Carnaby Street. London’s mystery beckons as we follow Anna and her friends within the capital’s underbelly and the corruption found in high places.
I’ll just leave this extract here:
‘’Up towards the palace, down towards Horse Guards Parade. In St James’s Park spots of faint light illuminated the trees and paths, the kicked-up, churned-up grass. Along the Mall, the Union flags hung limply from their posts. Very far in the distance, mostly obscured by trees, Buckingham Palace glowed myriad shades of cream and brown and grey.’’
I mean, hello Perfection!
Interspersed with vivid details and references to the British pop culture of the era, Anna’s new adventure is narrated in a voice that is as fresh as it touching. With an exceptional cast of characters and an honest, bold, piercing depiction of the darkest aspect of the ‘liberating’’ era, Miranda Emmerson’s A Little London Scandal is a beautiful gem of a book.
‘’Somewhere out of time. I think it’s the dark. All the buildings melt away. All the details. You could be anywhere. There was a book when I was a child…About breaking into the garden of a castle at night and sometimes there were dinosaurs and sometimes princesses. Night has that feeling…slipping between time.’’
My reviews can also be found on https://theopinionatedreaderblog.wordpress.com/ show less
Anna Treadway embarks on a quest in what many consider the ‘’shady’’ parts of London, to save a young man from being imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Aided by Barnaby and the wife of a sketchy MP, she will come face to face with secrets and prejudices that a significant minority is unwilling to abandon even today.
I won’t say much because the plot is rather intricate and I’d hate to spoil the slightest thing with my blabbering. What I can safely say is that once again, Miranda Emmerson’s attention to detail and the spirited writing create a story that is exciting, poignant and very, very moving. You will walk within the heart of show more London during the late 60s. The city ‘’like a thousand villages joined together by mistake’’ is calling like a darkly enchanting siren. Lower Regent Street, Piccadilly, Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, Carnaby Street. London’s mystery beckons as we follow Anna and her friends within the capital’s underbelly and the corruption found in high places.
I’ll just leave this extract here:
‘’Up towards the palace, down towards Horse Guards Parade. In St James’s Park spots of faint light illuminated the trees and paths, the kicked-up, churned-up grass. Along the Mall, the Union flags hung limply from their posts. Very far in the distance, mostly obscured by trees, Buckingham Palace glowed myriad shades of cream and brown and grey.’’
I mean, hello Perfection!
Interspersed with vivid details and references to the British pop culture of the era, Anna’s new adventure is narrated in a voice that is as fresh as it touching. With an exceptional cast of characters and an honest, bold, piercing depiction of the darkest aspect of the ‘liberating’’ era, Miranda Emmerson’s A Little London Scandal is a beautiful gem of a book.
‘’Somewhere out of time. I think it’s the dark. All the buildings melt away. All the details. You could be anywhere. There was a book when I was a child…About breaking into the garden of a castle at night and sometimes there were dinosaurs and sometimes princesses. Night has that feeling…slipping between time.’’
My reviews can also be found on https://theopinionatedreaderblog.wordpress.com/ show less
Rent boy Nik has been on the streets since he was thrown out of home aged 15. His years in London have taught him to be streetwise but nothing could prepare him for the accusation of murder. A fellow rent boy found dead in the grounds of an exclusive gentleman's club and an MP with scandal attached to his name there on the night. Connecting the two is Anna Treadaway, friend to Nik, acquaintance of the MPs wife. Anna believes Nik is innocent but to prove it she needs to stretch her morals.
A second outing for Anna Treadaway and Emmerson is really hitting her stride with her tales of the seedier side of swinging London. Here the contrast between the middle class lifestyle and the more bohemian are played out and the sordid secrets of those show more in power are exposed. Emmerson isn't afraid to explore big issues, racism in the first novel, here homosexuality, but all is done with a real sureness of touch. show less
A second outing for Anna Treadaway and Emmerson is really hitting her stride with her tales of the seedier side of swinging London. Here the contrast between the middle class lifestyle and the more bohemian are played out and the sordid secrets of those show more in power are exposed. Emmerson isn't afraid to explore big issues, racism in the first novel, here homosexuality, but all is done with a real sureness of touch. show less
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