The Quick (CD Audiobook)
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<b><b>An astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London</b><br></b> <b> </b><br>London, 1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young aristocrat. Through this new friendship, he is introduced to the drawing-rooms of high society, and finds love in an unexpected quarter. Then, suddenly, he vanishes without a trace. Unnerved, his sister, Charlotte, sets out from their crumbling country estate determined to find him. In the sinister, labyrinthine city that greets her, she uncovers a secret world at the margins populated by unforgettable characters: a female rope walker turned vigilante, a street urchin with a deadly secret, and the chilling “Doctor Knife.” But the answer to her brother’s disappearance ultimately lies within the doors of one of the country’s preeminent and mysterious institutions: The Aegolius Club, whose members include the most ambitious, and most dangerous, men in England.<br> <br> In her first novel, Lauren Owen has created a fantastical world that is both beguiling and terrifying. <i>The Quick</i> will establish her as one of fiction’s most dazzling talents.<br> <br> <b>Advance praise for <i>The Quick</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> “A suspenseful, gloriously atmospheric first novel, and a feast of gothic storytelling that is impossible to resist.”<b>—Kate Atkinson, bestselling author of <i>Life After Life </i>and <i>Case Histories</i></b><br> <br> “A sly and glittering addition to the literature of the macabre . . . As soon as you have breathed with relief, much worse horrors begin. It’s a skilled, assured performance, and it’s hard to believe it is a first novel.”<b>—Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of <i>Wolf Hall </i>and<i> Bring Up the Bodies</i></b><br> <br> “Ambitious, elegant, atmospheric, and often deeply poignant, <i>The Quick</i> is a seamless blend of Victorian London and rich imagination. This is a book to savor.”<b>—Tana French, bestselling author of <i>In the Woods</i> and <i>Broken Harbor</i></b><br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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