The Crimson Rooms
First Published: June 2009
ISBN: 0297855344 / 978-0297855347
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
'This is an absorbing and deftly woven tale, which impressively captures the spirit of the early 1920s. It is also a murder mystery, a social history – and a cracking good read." '
EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
ANNE CAREY - THE GLOSS
THE MAGISTRATE
WENDY HOLDEN - DAILY MAIL
WATERSTONES QUARTERLY BOOKS
"A fantastic read: moving, gripping,absorbing and thrillingly sexy.. a skilful, highly atmospheric drama of guilt, passion and consequences.. the kind of book you never want to end"
"McMahon vividly recreates the stifled atmosphere of the period, sympathetically portraying the dilemmas faced by women"
"compulsively readable... McMahon skilfully weaves the different strands of the complicated plot into a compelling and moving mystery story"
"...a real treat and bound to enhance her reputation"
“ My ideal book for total immersion on the beach is Katharine McMahon's The Crimson Rooms (Phoenix), the story of a young female lawyer caught up in her first murder case in the aftermath of the first world war. It is one of those books so intensely alive in the past that it makes the world you actually live in feel flimsy and thin. McMahon combines a thriller writer's grip, pace and punch with the true novelist's depth and warmth of feeling.."
HILARY SPURLING - THE GUARDIAN
"A fantastic read: moving, gripping,absorbing and thrillingly sexy.. a skilful, highly atmospheric drama of guilt, passion and consequences.. the kind of book you never want to end"
STARRED KIRKUS
17th July 2010
"A fine, compassionate, elegiac combination of human and courtroom drama—the author’s best yet."
KIRKUS REVIEW
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