Crippen

<p>John Boyne is the author of fifteen novels for adults six for younger readers and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel <i>The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas </i>has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema theatre ballet and opera. His many international bestsellers include <i>The Heart's Invisible Furies </i>and<i> A Ladder to the Sky</i>. He has won four Irish Book Awards including Author of the Year in 2022 along with a host of other international literary prizes. His novels are published in sixty languages.<br><br><br>Twitter: @JohnBoyneBooks<br>Instagram: @JohnBoyneAuthor</p> <p>July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent Camden. But the Doctor and his mistress Ethel Le Neve have vanished much to the frustration of Scotland Yard and the outrage of a horrified London.<br><br>Across the Channel in Antwerp the SS Montrose sets sail on its two week voyage to Canada. Amongst its passengers are the overbearing Antonia Drake and her daughter Victoria who is hell-bent on romance the enigmatic Mathieu Zela and the modest Martha Hayes. Also on board are the unassuming Mr John Robinson and his seventeen-year-old son Edmund. But all is not as it seems...</p> Engaging Compelling Well-crafted narrative... plenty of thrills chills ironies and surprises Addictive <p>July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent Camden. But the Doctor and his mistress Ethel Le Neve have vanished much to the frustration of Scotland Yard and the outrage of a horrified London.<br><br>Across the Channel in Antwerp the SS Montrose sets sail on its two week voyage to Canada. Amongst its passengers are the overbearing Antonia Drake and her daughter Victoria who is hell-bent on romance the enigmatic Mathieu Zela and the modest Martha Hayes. Also on board are the unassuming Mr John Robinson and his seventeen-year-old son Edmund. But all is not as it seems...</p>