Waterstones Black Drop
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Price: £8.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: This is the confession of Laurence Jago. Clerk. Gentleman. Spy. July 1794, and London is filled with rumours of revolution. The war against the French is not going in Britain's favour, and negotiations with America are on a knife edge. Laurence Jago, Foreign Office clerk, is ever more reliant on opium - the Black Drop - to ease his nightmares. A highly sensitive letter, whose contents could lead to the destruction of the British Army, has been leaked to the press and Laurence is a suspect. Then he discovers the body of a fellow clerk - a supposed suicide - and it seems clear where the blame truly lies. But Laurence is certain both of his friend's innocence, and that he was murdered. But after years of hiding his own secrets from his powerful employers, can Laurence find the true culprit without ending up on the gallows himself?.
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781788165938
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ISBN: 9781788165938
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Author: Reader-718
Rating: 5
Review: Ye Olde readers of book land, now hear this… I thought this was a really good tale. Let’s be constructive: a story is all about the way it’s told - agreed. However, we all start somewhere when embarking on new things, and the author has made a very, very decent start to her writing escapades. I don’t think I have read any other books capturing this era and theme. I found it fascinating in many ways; there was the fact the protagonist works for the government and has a pretty big secret he’s hiding from them. He ‘chases a girl’ throughout the book, has an arch enemy, takes various potions to help him sleep - hmm! and, there’s a big, big secret, double game! what more could a story want? The escapades he has with his crazy newsman neighbour, I found hilarious & interesting both. The geography & use of London circa the period was also very interesting, & the fringe characters who are all up to no good in pursuit of their own goals, all added well to the story. Does the author have areas to improve on? Of course, but come on, it’s her first book. As I said, a fine effort, & I think the naysayers are maybe a little too critical, however, if it’s not everyone’s idea of.. then, fair enough. But I liked it, much. Thank’ee very much, madam.
Author: Dr G.
Rating: 2
Review: I was looking forward to reading this, but it was very disappointing. Most of the characters were one dimensional, and the character of William Philpott was incredibly grating (his dialogue in particular). The story plodded along and never really got going. I didn't finish it, which rarely happens. Life's too short to read poor historical fiction so I moved on to Sam Hurcom's 'A Shadow on the Lens', which was excellent.
