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  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK (June 2, 2016)
  • Runtime: 10 hours and 52 minutes
  • ISBN13: 9781471159183

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‘Rollicking whodunit adventure…terrific’

– Ian Rankin on The Hourglass Factory

‘Its energy, crackle and humour is infectious'

– ELIZABETH BUCHAN on The Hourglass Factory, DAILY MAIL

‘Page-turning commercial historical fiction...a serious one to watch’

– VIV GROSKOP on The Hourglass Factory, RED MAGAZINE

‘Its fast-paced plot fizzes with intrigue… this story is too good to miss. With a motley crew of characters and a helping of period detail, it is a fantastically fun page-turner that pulses with all the energy of London streets’

– THE LADY on The Hourglass Factory

‘Unexpected plot twists, glamorous underworlds…a really mesmerising piece of historical fiction’

– HELLO! MAGAZINE on The Hourglass Factory

‘Set in London two years before the start of The Great War, it’s a world where newspapers are produced in smoke-filled rooms up rickety stairs’

– SUNDAY POST on The Hourglass Factory

‘An entertaining romp’

– THE LIST on The Hourglass Factory

A sexy fast-paced historical murder mystery…a thrilling combination of corsets, Emmeline Pankhurst and female journalists…’

– THE HERALD on The Hourglass Factory

‘This whodunit teems with larger-than-life characters…Yet this is also, in part, a historical novel, with landmark events (often not seen as being contemporaneous to one another)…all breathing life into Ribchester’s London’

– GUARDIAN on The Hourglass Factory

‘A tale of murder, subversion, class and the fight for equality…A most enjoyable read’

– NAOMI FRISBY on The Hourglass Factory, THE WRITES OF WOMAN

‘A glorious tome encapsulating the London of 1912 set amidst suffragettes and circuses’

– THE MITFORD SOCIETY on The Hourglass Factory

‘A fascinating historical mystery from a talented new author…fascinating historical detail and brilliant description’

– WE LOVE THIS BOOK on The Hourglass Factory

‘Lucy Ribchester’s The Amber Shadows is a spooky and complex psychological thriller set in Bletchley Park during the second world war. Atmospheric and engaging’

– Ian Rankin on The Amber Shadows

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