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Corpse Played Dead, Lizzie Hardwicke

An eighteenth-century sex worker goes undercover in the London theatre world and finds herself in the middle of a murder case in this historical mystery.

When an undercover assignment for the Bow Street magistrate sees prostituteLizzie Hardwicke trade Ma Farley’s Bawdy House in Soho for life as a theatre seamstress on Drury Lane, it becomes clear quite quickly—what goes on in the wings is much more intriguing than the theatrics being played out on stage . . .

Soon Lizzie is once again thrown together with the handsome Inspector Will Davenport when a high-profile investor is brutally hanged at center stage and Lizzie discovers the body. With the suspect list rivalling any casting call, Lizzie will have to use every trick she’s hidden up her sleeves to unravel the tangled threads and bring the culprit into the spotlight.

Praise for The Corpse Played Dead

“I loved everything about this ingenious story! It is every bit as sparkling and twisty as the first book.” —Celia Anderson, author of 59 Memory Lane

Georgina Clarke

Georgina Clarke has a degree in theology and a PhD in history but has only recently started to combine her love of the past with a desire to write stories. Her Lizzie Hardwicke series is set in the mid-eighteenth century, an underrated and often neglected period, but one that is rich in possibility for a crime novelist.

She enjoys running along the banks of the River Severn and is sometimes to be found competing in half marathons. In quieter moments, she also enjoys dressmaking.

She lives in Worcester with her husband and son, and two extremely lively kittens. For more information please visit her website https://www.georginaclarkeauthor.com/

Social media: Twitter @clarkegeorgina1

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