{"product_id":"instruments-of-darkness-isbn-9780143120407","title":"Instruments of Darkness","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in the Westerman and Crowther historical crime series that \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e called “CSI: Georgian England” and Tess Gerritsen called “chillingly memorable”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDebut novelist Imogen Robertson won the London \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e’s First Thousand Words of a Novel competition in 2007 with the opening of \u003ci\u003eInstruments of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e. The finished work is a fast-paced historical mystery starring a pair of amateur eighteenth-century sleuths with razor-sharp minds. When Harriet Westerman, the unconventional mistress of a Sussex manor, finds a dead man on her grounds, she enlists reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther to help her find the murderer. Moving from drawing room to dissecting room, from dark London streets to the gentrified countryside, \u003ci\u003eInstruments of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping tale of the forbidding Thornleigh Hall and an unlikely forensic duo determined to uncover its deadly secrets.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eINSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Robertson’s enjoyment of the period and her characters is infectious.”\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor’s Choice)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Every so often I encounter a book that makes me think with envy: ‘How I wish I could have written this story!’ \u003ci\u003eInstruments of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is just that book—poetic, enchanting, and chillingly memorable. Imogen Robertson is an exquisite writer, and this is an extraordinary novel.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTess Gerritsen\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLast to Die\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mayhem runs amok in this period thriller. [Robertson] pulls out all the stops . . . [a] roaring soap opera of a novel.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Impressive . . . Robertson has a wicked way with suspense. A ripping homage to Dickens, Austen, and Conan Doyle, \u003ci\u003eInstruments of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e will keep you up at night, and then, like me, waiting for the sequel.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304554615013,"sku":"NP9780143120407","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143120407.jpg?v=1767730098","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/instruments-of-darkness-isbn-9780143120407","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}