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Lauren Owen
Lauren Owen is the author of the novel Small Angels. Her writing often features atmospheric settings and explores complex human relationships. Readers who enjoy literary fiction with a touch of mystery will find her work compelling.
The Quick
Synopsis
You are about to discover the secrets of The Quick âe" But first, reader, you must travel to Victorian England, and there, in the wilds of Yorkshire, meet a brother and sister alone in the world, a pair bound by tragedy. You will, in time, enter the rooms of Londonâe(tm)s mysterious Aegolius Club âe" a society of the richest, most powerful men in England. And at some point âe" we cannot say when âe" these worlds will collide. It is then, and only then, that a new world emerges, a world of romance, adventure and the most delicious of horrors âe" and the secrets of The Quick are revealed. 'Sly and glittering' Hilary Mantel 'Impossible to resist' Kate Atkinson