**Buy The Raven Scholar now - a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from Sunday Times bestselling Antonia Hodgson** 'A historical crime series that gets better with every book' Andrew Taylor 'Intelligent and engrossing read' Sunday Times 'Historical fiction just doesn't get any better than this. Magnificent!' Jeffery Deaver 'A terrific swash-and-buckle story' Daily Mail London, 1728. A young, well-dressed man is driven through streets of jeering onlookers to the gallows at Tyburn. They call him a murderer. But Tom Hawkins is innocent and somehow he has to prove it. It is, of course, all his own fault. He was happy settling down with Kitty Sparks. He should never have told the most dangerous criminal in London that he was bored and looking for adventure. He should never have offered to help, the king's mistress. And most of all, he should never have trusted the witty, calculating Queen Caroline. She has promised him a royal pardon if he holds his tongue but then again, there is nothing more silent than a hanged man. . . From the gilded cage of the Court to the wicked freedoms of the slums, it reveals a world both seductive and deadly. And it continues the rake's progress of Tom Hawkins - assuming he can find a way to survive the noose... READERS ADORE THE THOMAS HAWKINS SERIES 'I read a lot of detective fiction. Hodsgon's debut is one of the best ever' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A devil of a good story' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A rollicking good read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I haven't enjoyed a novel so much in a long, long time' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Absolutely breathtaking' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Superb from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐