E. S. Thomson: Under Ground

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Join E. S. Thomson as she talks about her new book Under Ground

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In the darkness, her face glimmered like polished bone, white, but with a bluish tinge. Her lips were dry and cracked. I saw them move; a black tongue pass over them as if she was trying to speak, but she made no sound.W﻿e are delighted to be welcoming <a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/search/author/E%20%20S%20%20Thomson" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">E. S. Thomson</a> to the shop on Wednesday 15th November at 7pm to hear all about her gothic, gory and glorious new book in the Jem Flockhart series, <a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Under-Ground-by-E-S-Thomson/9781472131539" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Under Ground</a>. E﻿laine will be in conversation with <a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/search/?keyword=Olga+Wojtas" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Olga Wojtas</a>It is 1854 and a plague is coming to London. Dreaded more than the Devil himself, cholera - the &#x27;blue death&#x27; - spares no one. As fear grows across the city, apothecary Jem Flockhart and colleague Will Quartermain are called to the bedside of a dead man, murdered, and with his throat torn out, in the back room of a brothel. When an innocent man is taken to Newgate, Jem and Will have until execution day to save him. The search for the identity of the corpse, and the killer, takes them to the gates of Blackwater Hall, home to the secretive, and corrupt Mortmain family. With the approach of autumn, no one is safe, for the fog brings with it an evil and poisonous sickness - the perfect shroud for murder. When family secrets are prised out into the open, people begin dying. But who, or what, is the cause? Searching for answers, Jem and Will are driven underground, to the passages and tunnels beneath the city&#x27;s teeming streets. Here, their adversary proves to be more elusive, and more deadly, than ever. &#x27;Immersive from the start and satisfying to the finish, a faultless tale from one of our best writers of historical crime fiction&#x27;- JESS KIDD&#x27;I LOVED it. Fantastic characters - I never guessed! So good ... Under Ground is brilliantly steeped in the lore of Victorian London, i couldn&#x27;t take my eyes off it!&#x27; SARA SHERIDAN&#x27;Another gripping page-turner, add Nightshade to your reading list now.&#x27; Edinburgh Evening News &#x27;Vivid, pungent and perilous&#x27; CHRIS BROOKMYRET﻿here will be complimentary mulled wine-﻿Doors: 6.30pm, event starts: 7pm, please arrive early to secure a good seat.Tickets are £3 and there is a Ticket &amp; Book option which includes a signed copy Under Ground.The bookshop has level access, events are seated and speakers use microphones. If you have any concerns about accessibility, please do get in touch and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.For more information or if you would like a signed copy because you can&#x27;t make it to the event, please contact the Blackwell&#x27;s events team on 0131 622 8222 or matthew.land@blackwell.co.uk

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