About the Author:
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.
Review:
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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