{"title":"Imogen Robertson","description":"Imogen Robertson worked as a television, film, and radio director before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of four Westerman\/Crowther novels: Instruments of Darkness; Anatomy of Murder; Island of Bones, which was short-listed for the 2011 Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Award; and forthcoming from Pamela Dorman Books, Circle of Shadows. In 2012 she was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library. She lives in London.","products":[{"product_id":"island-of-bones-paperback","title":"Island of Bones - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third novel in the critically acclaimed Westerman and Crowther historical mystery series reveals the dark secrets of Crowther's past\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngland, 1783. For years, reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther has pursued his forensic studies--and the occasional murder investigation--far from his family estate. But an ancient tomb there will reveal a wealth of secrets. When laborers discover an extra body inside the tomb, the lure of the mystery brings Crowther home at last, accompanied by his partner in crime, the forthright Mrs. Harriet Westerman. What Crowther learns will rewrite his family's past--and spill new blood in a land torn between old magic and modern justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe next installment in a series described as \"CSI: Georgian England\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eIsland of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting tale that will captivate fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Finch.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374365868255,"sku":"9780143123316","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/L4Et5bWrIX9780143123316.webp?v=1789178831"},{"product_id":"instruments-of-darkness-paperback","title":"Instruments of Darkness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in the Westerman and Crowther historical crime series that \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e called \"CSI: Georgian England\" and Tess Gerritsen called \"chillingly memorable\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDebut novelist Imogen Robertson won the London \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e's First Thousand Words of a Novel competition in 2007 with the opening of \u003ci\u003eInstruments of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e. The finished work is a fast-paced historical mystery starring a pair of amateur eighteenth-century sleuths with razor-sharp minds. When Harriet Westerman, the unconventional mistress of a Sussex manor, finds a dead man on her grounds, she enlists reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther to help her find the murderer. Moving from drawing room to dissecting room, from dark London streets to the gentrified countryside, \u003ci\u003eInstruments of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping tale of the forbidding Thornleigh Hall and an unlikely forensic duo determined to uncover its deadly secrets.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374399979743,"sku":"9780143120407","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/gsnqElXgcX9780143120407.webp?v=1789178908"},{"product_id":"anatomy-of-murder-paperback","title":"Anatomy of Murder - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second historical suspense novel in Imogen Robertson's critically acclaimed Westerman and Crowther mystery series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, 1781. Harriet Westerman anxiously awaits news of her husband, a ship's captain who has been gravely injured in the king's naval battles with France. As London's streets seethe with rumor, a body is dragged from the murky waters of the Thames. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving gained a measure of fame as amateur detectives for unraveling the mysteries of Thornleigh Hall, the indomitable Mrs. Westerman and her reclusive sidekick, anatomist Gabriel Crowther, are once again called on to investigate. In this intricate novel, Harriet and Crowther will discover that this is no ordinary drowning--the victim is part of a plot to betray England's most precious secrets.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374578368735,"sku":"9780143122630","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NZR1Sg8gHV9780143122630.webp?v=1789182397"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/imogen-robertson.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}