Laura Shepherd-Robinson is the award-winning, Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author of four historical novels. Her books have been featured on BBC 2’s Between the Covers and Radio 4’s Front Row and Open Book. Her fifth novel, We Are the Dead will be published in April 2027. Laura’s first contemporary novel, it will be the start of a new crime thriller series featuring Commander Brontë Hayes.
Laura was born in Bristol in 1976. She has a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. She worked in politics for nearly twenty years before re-entering normal life to complete an MA in Creative Writing at City University. She lives in London with her husband, Adrian.
We Are the Dead – coming April 2027
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THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY.
AN UNFORGETTABLE INVESTIGATOR.
The Tower of London’s first beheading in 300 years…
Following a brutal, high-profile murder at the Tower, Commander Brontë Hayes, head of the Met’s Special Enquiry Team, is called in to investigate.
Because it takes a certain kind of cop to solve a murder in a fortress, with the eyes of the world watching.
As the media helicopters circle above, the Tower community reveals more secrets than answers. And the killer remains at large, somewhere in the shadows, deep within the Tower walls . . .
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The Art of a Lie – out now in paperback
‘That’s the trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself. Sometimes you think they’ve ended, when they’ve barely begun . . .’
London, 1749. Hannah Cole’s world shatters with her husband’s brutal murder. Her confectionery shop, the Punchbowl and Pineapple, teeters on the brink of ruin.
Astonishing. The Art of a Lie is Laura Shepherd-Robinson at the height of her considerable powers. Of course it’s beautifully written and richly detailed, but it’s also fiendishly twisting and properly thrilling. A rare and wonderful story.
Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark
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The Square of Sevens – out now in paperback
‘My father had spelt it out to me. Choice was a luxury I couldn’t afford. This is your story, Red. You must tell it well …’
From the debauchery of Bartholomew Fair to the grandest estates in Georgian London, this page-turning slice of period crime follows a fortune teller on a perilous quest to discover the truth about her late mother.
A richly immersive panorama. . . With its twists and turns and revelations of those lies that bind and truths that rend asunder, this story is a deep pleasure to read
Sunday Times
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Daughters of Night – out now in paperback
Lucia’s fingers found her own. She gazed at Caro as if from a distance. Her lips parted, her words a whisper: ‘He knows.’
From the brothels and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Daughters of Night follows Caroline Corsham, as she seeks justice for a murdered woman whom London society would rather forget . . .
I would gamble what’s left of my virtue on Daughters of Night being the best historical crime novel I will read this year.
The Times
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Blood & Sugar – out now in paperback
London, 1781. An investigation into a gruesome murder on the Deptford Docks leads to a dark secret that could change the very core of British society…
A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity.
C. J. Sansom
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Short Stories
“Inferno” featured in The Winter Spirits
The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories – authored by some of today’s most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction – are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience.
Taking you from a haunted Italian villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.
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