He has fingers in practically every illegal pie in England, a wide network of informants, henchmen and officials in his pocket as well as a large number of legitimate business interests and has become, in the years since his release from Newgate Prison, a very wealthy and influential man. Infamous crime-lord Dorian Blackwell is the scourge of the Metropolitan Police Force. But I’m a bit of an angst-bunny and am always ready for a story that puts me through the emotional wringer and apart from a few small (ish) niggles, I enjoyed the book very much. So yes, it’s an intense story, full of lush, lyrical language and lots of angst and thus, might not be to everyone’s taste. Set in the late Victorian era, the story centres around a man who has been so brutalised that he believes himself to be beyond redemption and the young woman who has lived in his memory as a talisman through the darkest days of his life. I haven’t read anything by Kerrigan Byrne before, but after reading The Highwayman, that’s something I think I’m going to have to rectify quite soon.
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