The blood-drained body of a young boy is discovered in the snow on the bank of the Fleet River. The city, overlooked by the exhumed head of the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, teeters on the brink of riot and hysteria, with rumours of Catholic plots, devil-boys, and sinister foreign assassins/5(26). · Wary of the political hornet’s nest they are walking into – and using scientific evidence rather than paranoia in their pursuit of truth – Hooke and Hunt must discover why the boy was murdered, and why his blood was taken. The Bloodless Boy is an absorbing literary thriller that introduces two new indelible heroes to historical crime fiction. It is also a powerfully atmospheric recreation of the darkest Brand: Melville House Publishing. The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd was just published November 4th with Melville House. It is a great pleasure to be joining the blog tour today with my thoughts on a book has been described as ‘an absorbing literary thriller that introduces two new indelible heroes to historical crime fiction.
The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd November 8, lindasbookbag I'm very fond of historical fiction and would like to thank Nikki Griffiths for inviting me to participate in the blog tour for Robert J. Lloyd's The Bloodless Boy and for sending me a copy of the book in return for an honest review. The Bloodless Boy is available here as an e-book from Amazon, at £ it was worth every penny. 5 stars! You can learn more about Robert J Lloyd's work at his Facebook page, here. More on the history of this part of the City of London in this post on the Old Signs of Lombard Street, here. Sunday Novem: Please join us for a Virtual Event with Author ROBERT J. LLOYD as he discusses THE BLOODLESS BOY on.
Let me say it from the outset, The Bloodless Boy is a cracker that had me gripped from the first chapter and me on edge until the end. The story is set in in the London of Charles II. A New Philosophy is in vogue and a new London is being rebuilt after the Great Fire, led by the great thinkers of the Royal Society including Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke. The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd was just published November 4th with Melville House. It is a great pleasure to be joining the blog tour today with my thoughts on a book has been described as ‘an absorbing literary thriller that introduces two new indelible heroes to historical crime fiction. Wary of the political hornet’s nest they are walking into – and using scientific evidence rather than paranoia in their pursuit of truth – Hooke and Hunt must discover why the boy was murdered, and why his blood was taken. The Bloodless Boy is an absorbing literary thriller that introduces two new indelible heroes to historical crime fiction. It is also a powerfully atmospheric recreation of the darkest corners of Restoration London, where the Court and the underworld seem to merge.
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