‘The Square of Sevens’ with Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Tue 27 Jun 2023
7:00pm at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, 14-15 John St, Bath, BA1 2JL
Book + Ticket gives you a free ticket with a copy of the book, all tickets include 15% off any books purchased on the night, a glass of wine, author interview, Q&A and signing.
Other ways to book:
Email books@mrbsemporium.com, call 01225 331155 or pop into the shop at 13-15 John Street, Bath. BA1 2JL.
Join us to welcome Laura Shepherd-Robinson to Mr B’s to discuss The Square of Sevens, her brilliant new novel set in historical Bath.
Laura has long been a favourite of staff and customers at Mr B’s, ever since her debut, Blood & Sugar, through to Daughters of Night, which was one of our biggest selling books of 2022. Now she returns with The Square of Sevens, a lavish historical mystery featuring fortune-telling and twists galore, all set amongst the high society of Georgian Bath, London and Cornwall…
About the book:
‘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 . . .’
A girl known only as Red, the daughter of a Cornish fortune-teller, travels with her father making a living predicting fortunes using the ancient method: the Square of Sevens.
When her father suddenly dies, Red becomes the ward of a gentleman scholar. Now raised as a lady amidst the Georgian splendour of Bath, her fortune-telling is a delight to high society. But she cannot ignore the questions that gnaw at her soul: who was her mother? How did she die? And who are the mysterious enemies her father was always terrified would find him?
The pursuit of these mysteries takes her from Cornwall and Bath to London and Devon, from the rough ribaldry of the Bartholomew Fair to the grand houses of two of the most powerful families in England.
And while Red’s quest brings her the possibility of great reward, it also leads into her grave danger…
‘Laura Shepherd-Robinson is a brilliant, brilliant writer, up there with CJ Sansom and Andrew Taylor’ – James O’Brien
‘This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity’ – C. J. Sansom, number one bestselling author of the Shardlake series
‘The best historical crime novel I will read this year’ – Antonia Senior, The Times
‘Shepherd-Robinson would be advised to clear her shelves for future awards’ – Financial Times
‘Here’s one where the pages turn all by themselves and the plot doesn’t let you go’ – Diane Setterfield, bestselling author of Once Upon A River