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London, 1810. A raid on a notorious tavern sees the city gripped with hatred of gays, coupled with suspicion of their political sympathies. A few miles away in St James's Palace, the Duke of Cumberland's valet suffers a violent death, which the authorities are anxious to see only as suicide. Caught between these two historical events, the fictional lawyer Wyre is reluctantly drawn into a network of dark alliances that appear to link the raid on the White Swan Tavern, the death at the Palace, and the war against France. Leading to a shocking revelation, the novel explores a labyrinthine city of asylums, brothels, and secret spaces, in which poets rub shoulders with pimps, and where the only constant is illicit desire. ""Turley makes his fiction debut with a superior whodunit inspired by a major sex scandal of the Regency era. . . Combines a gritty look at the times with a carefully constructed murder mystery that resolves itself in a way that may even surprise genre vet--Publishers Weekly

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Richard Marggraf Turley is a British author and literary critic. In 2013, he was appointed Professor for Engagement with the Public Imagination at Aberystwyth University. He works in the university's Department of English and Creative Writing.
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Turley (Keats s Boyish Imagination) makes his fiction debut with a superior whodunit inspired by a major sex scandal of the Regency era the 1810 raid on London s White Horse Tavern, which led to the arrests of a number of men on sodomy charges. Junior Prosecutor Christopher Wyre, who has been handling such cases, finds himself investigating another shocking crime. The Duke of Cumberland, one of the four men ruling the country, narrowly escapes death after being attacked one night in his bedroom. The assailant appears to have been one of the duke s valets, Salis, who was found in his locked room, an apparent suicide. Troubled by the official story, Wyre believes that there s more going on than has been revealed, a position that places his life in jeopardy. Turley combines a gritty look at the times with a carefully constructed murder mystery that resolves itself in a way that may even surprise genre veterans. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

'The Cunning House isn't simply a good read it brings together both creative and scholarly intelligence.' Buzz Magazine: A fetid pool that wasn't at all familiar to me... The Cunning House marries an original slant on the Regency thriller with some eye-popping research into royal history; and it radiates a most engaging enthusiasm for its subject. It should sell by the bucket-load. Andrew Taylor, author of Richard and Judy pick The American Boy: A mesmeric thriller and fascinating insight into a world that few of us know. . --Barry Forshaw, Financial Times

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  • PublisherSandstone Press
  • Publication date2015
  • ISBN 10 1910124109
  • ISBN 13 9781910124109
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages400
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