Imogen Robertson

An epic story of love, betrayal, courage and war that brings together two of Wilbur Smith's greatest families in this long-awaited sequel to his worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun. Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancee, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of Abyssinia with her twin sister, Saffron, and her adventurer husband, Ryder Courtney. On a mission to establish a silver mine, they make the dangerous journey to the new capital of Addis Ababa, where they are welcomed by Menelik, the King of Kings. Back in Cairo, a devastated Penrod seeks oblivion in the city's opium dens. He is rescued by an old friend, who is now in the Italian army, and offered the chance to join the military efforts. Italy has designs on Abyssinia, and there are rumours of a plan to invade . . . With storm clouds gathering, and on opposing sides of the invasion, can Penrod and Amber find their way back to one another - against all the odds?

Cumbria, 1783 A broken heritage; a secret history The tomb of the first Earl of Greta should have lain undisturbed on its island of bones for three hundred years When idle curiosity opens the stone lid, however, inside is one body too many Gabriel Crowther's family bought the Gretas' land long ago, and has suffered its own bloody history...

París, en el duro invierno de 1910. Maud Heighton sueña con ser pintora. Estudia en la selecta Academia Lafond, pero mientras que los que la rodean disfrutan de los placeres de la Belle Époque, Maud ve como su situacion economica se deteriora, el patrimonio heredado no le llega para pagar las clases y poder sobrevivir. Consigue un trabajo bien remunerado: acompañar e iniciar en la pintura a Sylvie Morel una inglesa de situacion acomodada que vive con su hermano Christian. Aunque descubre algunos de sus secretos inconfesables, la vida parece que empieza a sonreirle a Maud: mientras se va adentrando en el selecto y deslumbrante mundo de los Morel, el dinero que le pagan le permite vivir y seguir con sus clases de pintura. Todo se va a desmoronar cuando los Morel son acusados de impostores y ladrones, y la propia Maud es imputada en el robo de unas joyas. Solo podra escapar recurriendo a todas las artimañas que se le ocurren entre gentes para los que la vida no vale nada. "Invierno en Paris" es una novela historica, de aventuras, de intriga, negra..., rocambolesca. Una novela de mentiras y traiciones, enigmatica y elegantemente evocadora, que recrea de manera sin igual aquel Paris de fin de epoca, con sus luces y sombras, en el que el arte y la bohemia convivian entre la decadente aristocracia de media Europa y ambiciosos sin escrupulos, maestros de la apariencia, que no dudaban en recurrir a las mayores vilezas para mantener su estatus.París, en el duro invierno de 1910. Maud Heighton sueña con ser pintora. Estudia en la selecta Academia Lafond, pero mientras que los que la rodean disfrutan de los placeres de la Belle Époque, Maud ve como su situacion economica se deteriora, el patrimonio heredado no le llega para pagar las clases y poder sobrevivir. Consigue un trabajo bien remunerado: acompañar e iniciar en la pintura a Sylvie Morel una inglesa de situacion acomodada que vive con su hermano Christian. Aunque descubre algunos de sus secretos inconfesables, la vida parece que empieza a sonreirle a Maud: mientras se va adentrando en el selecto y deslumbrante mundo de los Morel, el dinero que le pagan le permite vivir y seguir con sus clases de pintura. Todo se va a desmoronar cuando los Morel son acusados de impostores y ladrones, y la propia Maud es imputada en el robo de unas joyas. Solo podra escapar recurriendo a todas las artimañas que se le ocurren entre gentes para los que la vida no vale nada. "Invierno en Paris" es una novela historica, de aventuras, de intriga, negra..., rocambolesca. Una novela de mentiras y traiciones, enigmatica y elegantemente evocadora, que recrea de manera sin igual aquel Paris de fin de epoca, con sus luces y sombras, en el que el arte y la bohemia convivian entre la decadente aristocracia de media Europa y ambiciosos sin escrupulos, maestros de la apariencia, que no dudaban en recurrir a las mayores vilezas para mantener su estatus.

UNA NOVELA DE MISTERIO AMBIENTADA EN LA INGLATERRA RURAL DEL SIGLO XVIII CON LAS REVUELTAS CONTRA LOS CATÓLICOS EN LONDRES Y LA GUERRA DE INDEPENDENCIA AMERICANA COMO TELÓN DE FONDO.Sussex, 1780. Cuando un cadaver sin identificar aparece en las lindes de su propiedad, la curiosa Harriet Westerman no puede evitar implicarse en la resolucion de este misterio. Para ello busca la ayuda de su huraño vecino, un anatomista de inteligencia notable pero escasas aptitudes sociales. Las pistas apuntan a la familia del conde de Sussex, a su joven segunda esposa y a su hijo alcoholico, excombatiente en la guerra de Independencia americana. Mientras tanto, en Londres, Alexander Adams es asesinado delante de sus dos hijos pequeños. Las deudas y la complicada historia de los pequeños los llevaran tambien a Sussex, donde se convierten en un elemento clave de la resolucion del misterio. La presion sobre Harriet y Gabriel es grande, y el peso de los secretos del conde amenaza con sepultarlos a todos.Un memorable homenaje a Dickens, Austen y Conan Doyle, una novela de misterio con tintes goticos y el sabor de otra epoca, de una literatura mas elevada. The Seattle TimesAl igual que la superventas Kate Morton, Imogen Robertson sabe como combinar un fascinante contexto historico con suspense y misterios familiares...

París, en el duro invierno de 1910. Maud Heighton sueña con ser pintora. Estudia en la selecta Academia Lafond, pero mientras que los que la rodean disfrutan de los placeres de la Belle Époque, Maud ve como su situacion economica se deteriora. Todo parece mejorar cuando consigue un trabajo bien remunerado: acompañar e iniciar en la pintura a Sylvie Morel, una inglesa de situacion acomodada que vive con su hermano Christian. Sin embargo, todo se desmorona cuando los Morel son acusados de impostores y ladrones, y la propia Maud es imputada en el robo de unas joyas.París, en el duro invierno de 1910. Maud Heighton sueña con ser pintora. Estudia en la selecta Academia Lafond, pero mientras que los que la rodean disfrutan de los placeres de la Belle Époque, Maud ve como su situacion economica se deteriora. Todo parece mejorar cuando consigue un trabajo bien remunerado: acompañar e iniciar en la pintura a Sylvie Morel, una inglesa de situacion acomodada que vive con su hermano Christian. Sin embargo, todo se desmorona cuando los Morel son acusados de impostores y ladrones, y la propia Maud es imputada en el robo de unas joyas.

There is but one Paris.Vincent Van Gogh Maud Heighton came to Lafond''s famous Academie to paint, and to flee the constraints of her small English town. It took all her courage to escape, but Paris, she quickly realizes, is no place for a light purse. While her fellow students enjoy the dazzling decadence of the Belle Epoque, Maud slips into poverty.Quietly starving, and dreading another cold Paris winter, she stumbles upon an opportunity when Christian Morel engages her as a live-in companion to his beautiful young sister, Sylvie. Maud is overjoyed by her good fortune. With a clean room, hot meals, and an umbrella to keep her dry, she is able to hold her head high as she strolls the streets of Montmartre. No longer hostage to poverty and hunger, Maud can at last devote herself to her art. But all is not as it seems.Christian and Sylvie, Maud soon discovers, are not quite the darlings they pretend to be. Sylvie has a secret addiction to opium and Christian has an ominous air of intrigue. As this dark and powerful tale progresses, Maud is drawn further into the Morels'' world of elegant deception.Their secrets become hers, and soon she is caught in a scheme of betrayal and revenge that will plunge her into the darkness that waits beneath this glittering city of light.

Cumbria, 1783. A broken heritage; a secret history... The tomb of the first Earl of Greta should have lain undisturbed on its island of bones for three hundred years. When idle curiosity opens the stone lid, however, inside is one body too many. Gabriel Crowthers family bought the Gretas land long ago, and has suffered its own bloody history. His brother was hanged for murdering their father, the Baron of Keswick, and Crowther has chosen comfortable seclusion and anonymity over estate and title for thirty years. But the call of the mystery brings him home at last. Travelling with forthright Mrs Harriet Westerman, who is escaping her own tragedy, Crowther finds a little town caught between new horrors and old, where ancient ways challenge modern justice. And against the wild and beautiful backdrop of fells and water, Crowther discovers that his past will not stay buried.

Daphne du Maurier meets CSI in this exhilarating debutThornleigh Hall, seat of the Earl of Sussex, dominates its surroundings. Its heir is missing, and the once vigorous family is reduced to a cripple, his whore and his alcoholic second son, but its power endures. Impulsive Harriet Westerman has felt the Halls menace long before she happens upon a dead man bearing the Thornleigh arms. The grim discovery cries out for justice, and she persuades reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther to her cause, much against his better judgement; he knows a dark path lies before those who stray from societys expectations. That same day, Alexander Adams is killed in a London music shop, leaving his young children orphaned. His death will lead back to Sussex, and an explosive secret that has already destroyed one family and threatens many others.

Extra material includes a deleted scene and a Q&A with Imogen Robertson Maud Heighton came to Lafonds famous Academy to paint, and to flee the constraints of her small English town. It took all her courage to escape, but Paris eats money. While her fellow students enjoy the dazzling joys of the Belle Epoque, Maud slips into poverty. Quietly starving, and dreading another cold Paris winter, Maud takes a job as companion to young, beautiful Sylvie Morel. But Sylvie has a secret: an addiction to opium. As Maud is drawn into the Morels world of elegant luxury, their secrets become hers. Before the New Year arrives, a greater deception will plunge her into the darkness that waits beneath this glittering city of light.

London, 1785. When the body of a former West Indies planter is found outside St Pauls Cathedral, suspicion abounds. But talk is not only of the mans death. His past brings a tide of fear directly to Harriet Westermans door where William Geddings, senior footman, knows more than he is prepared to confess.In search of answers, Harriet and her friend, anatomist Gabriel Crowther, reluctantly explore the dark and destructive world of Britains slave trade. And as Harriet must confront an ugly truth close to home, Londons hidden network of slave traders are forced to face the light. Francis Glass, a former slave, holds the key to their anonymity and no one can be sure what he plans to do with it.When some people will risk everything for their reputation, some acts can never be forgiven.

Book 1: INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESSIn the year 1780, Harriet Westerman, the unconventional mistress of a country house in Sussex, finds a dead man on her grounds with a ring bearing the crest of the nearby Thornleigh Hall in his pocket. With the help of a reclusive local anatomist, Gabriel Crowther, Harriet resolves to find the murderer.Book 2: ANATOMY OF MURDERLondon, 1781. Harriet Westerman anxiously awaits news of her husband, a ships captain who has been gravely injured in the kings naval battles with France. As Londons streets seethe with rumour, a body is dragged from the murky waters of the Thames.Book 3: ISLAND OF BONESCumbria, 1783. The tomb of the first Earl of Greta should have lain undisturbed on its island of bones for three hundred years.When idle curiosity opens the stone lid, however, inside is one body too many.

A locked room. A dark threat. A place of poisonous lies. Germany, 1784. Daniel Clode cannot say whether or not he killed the woman. They were found together in a locked room, dressed for the Carnival. But what of the strange madness he feels, and how did she drown on dry land? Harriet Westerman knows Daniel is not a murderer; her sister would not have married such a man. She and the reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther must travel to the Duke of Maulbergs Court to save him from the silken, venal plotting of the castle, and from the axemans steel. But their journey across Europe brings them to an alien and capricious land, full of lies and shadows, where no one can be trusted.

Makes you want to read every word...the plot is serpentine and satisfying, with enough false trails and distractions to create a genuine mystery. Telegraph. The streets of London see the with rumour and conspiracy as the Kings navy battles the French at sea. And while the banks of the Thames swarm with life, a body is dragged from its murky waters. In another part of town, where the air seems sweeter, the privileged enjoy a brighter world of complacent wealth and intoxicating celebrity. But as society revels in its pleasures, a darker plot is played out. Yet some are willing to look below the surface to the unsavoury depths. Mrs Harriet Westerman believes passionately in justice. Reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther is fascinated by the bones beneath the skin. Invited to seek the true nature of the dead man, they risk censure for an unnatural interest in murder. But when the safety of a nation is at stake, personal reputation must give way to the pursuit of reason and truth.

Sussex, 1780. Cuando un cadáver sin identificar aparece en las lindes de su propiedad, la curiosa Harriet Westerman no puede evitar implicarse en la resolución de este misterio. Para ello busca la ayuda de su huraño vecino, un anatomista de inteligencia notable pero escasas aptitudes sociales. Las pistas apuntan a la familia del conde de Sussex, a su joven segunda esposa y a su hijo alcoholico, excombatiente en la guerra de Independencia americana. Mientras tanto, en Londres, Alexander Adams es asesinado delante de sus dos hijos pequeños. Las deudas y la complicada historia de los pequeños los llevaran tambien a Sussex, donde se convierten en un elemento clave de la resolucion del misterio. La presion sobre Harriet y Gabriel es grande, y el peso de los secretos del conde amenaza con sepultarlos a todos.

A prescient page-turner about secrets, lies, ruthless ambition and betrayal SARAH VAUGHANA rare view from the inside of the Machiavellian machinations for power . . . Fascinating HARRIET TYCE__________In their remarkable debut political thriller, Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Imogen Robertson open the doors to The House, a place of ambition, hope, friendship . . . and betrayal.Once allies, Labour MP Owen McKenna and Conservative Minister Philip Bickford now face each other across the House of Commons as bitter enemies. Then the reappearance of a figure from their past forces them to confront the choices that led to the tragic downfall of their former housemate, Jay.Late one night, Owen receives a visit from a lobbyist who promises to protect him from the consequences of his actions in exchange for one, small favour - or to have his reputation and career utterly destroyed if he refuses. But that favour will sell out everything Owen believes in.As rivals gather and whispers of wrongdoing fill the corridors of Westminster, its clear that someone knows the truth about Jays Icarus-like fall from grace. Now, the former friends must face one terrible truth...Someone is responsible, and a reckoning is overdue.__________Politics red in tooth and claw. Watson and Robertson capture, with scalpel precision, the neurotic allure of the Westminster power game LUKE JENNINGS Few people know more about what goes on behind the political scenes than Watson, and it is all unveiled here, in a snappy, twisty page-turner HOLLY WATT

A prescient page-turner about secrets, lies, ruthless ambition and betrayal' SARAH VAUGHAN'A rare view from the inside of the Machiavellian machinations for power . . . Fascinating' HARRIET TYCE__________In their remarkable debut political thriller, Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Imogen Robertson open the doors to The House, a place of ambition, hope, friendship . . . and betrayal.Once allies, Labour MP Owen McKenna and Conservative Minister Philip Bickford now face each other across the House of Commons as bitter enemies. Then the reappearance of a figure from their past forces them to confront the choices that led to the tragic downfall of their former housemate, Jay.Late one night, Owen receives a visit from a lobbyist who promises to protect him from the consequences of his actions in exchange for one, small favour - or to have his reputation and career utterly destroyed if he refuses. But that favour will sell out everything Owen believes in.As rivals gather and whispers of wrongdoing fill the corridors of Westminster, it's clear that someone knows the truth about Jay's Icarus-like fall from grace. Now, the former friends must face one terrible truth...Someone is responsible, and a reckoning is overdue.