{"product_id":"books-the-devil-in-the-marshalsea-by-antonia-hodgson","title":"The Devil in the Marshalsea","description":"WINNER OF THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD 2014.  Longlisted for the John Creasey Dagger Award for best debut crime novel of 2014.  London, 1727 - and Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-houses into the hell of a debtors' prison.  The Marshalsea is a savage world of its own, with simple rules: those with family or friends who can lend them a little money may survive in relative comfort. Those with none will starve in squalor and disease. And those who try to escape will suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of the gaol's rutheless governor and his cronies.  The trouble is, Tom Hawkins has never been good at following rules - even simple ones. And the recent grisly murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought further terror to the gaol. While the Captain's beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way: to the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet.  Some call Fleet a devil, a man to avoid at all costs. But Tom Hawkins is sharing his cell. Soon, Tom's choice is clear: get to the truth of the murder - or be the next to die.  A twisting mystery, a dazzling evocation of early 18th Century London, THE DEVIL IN THE MARSHALSEA is a thrilling debut novel full of intrigue and suspense.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669139317009,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781444775433.jpg?v=1781506336","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-devil-in-the-marshalsea-by-antonia-hodgson","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}