The Last Confession Of Thomas Hawkins: A Novel (Thomas Hawkins Ser.)

By: Antonia Hodgson

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Synopsis: Winner of the CWA Historical Dagger Award A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Crime/Mystery Novel of 2016 &“Historical fiction just doesn&’t get any better than this.&” — Jeffery Deaver &“A rip-roaring ride . . . Wonderfully atmospheric and entertaining.&” — Good Housekeeping &“Impeccably researched and astonishingly atmospheric . . . Truly spellbinding.&” — Guardian London, 1728. Tom Hawkins is headed to the gallows, accused of murder. Gentlemen don&’t hang, and Tom&’s damned if he&’ll be the first—he is innocent, after all. It&’s hard to say when Tom&’s troubles began. He was happily living in sin with his beloved—though their neighbors weren&’t happy about that. He probably shouldn&’t have told London&’s great criminal mastermind that he was in need of adventure. Nor should he have joined the king&’s mistress in her fight against her vindictive husband. And he definitely shouldn&’t have trusted the calculating Queen Caroline. She&’s promised him a royal pardon if he holds his tongue, but there&’s nothing more silent than a hanged man. Now Tom&’s scrambling to save his life and protect those he loves. But as the noose tightens, his time is running out. &“Hodgson maintains pitch-perfect suspense, craftily constructs a fairly clued whodunit, and convincingly evokes the period . . . [This book] solidifies her position as a major talent in the genre.&” — Publishers Weekly, starred review