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Evelyn is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her brother in the Great War, and to make her own way in the world - when a woman arrives with her brother's illegitimate child...

Living at home with her mother, aunt, and grandmother, Evelyn is still haunted by the death of her younger brother James in the First World War. She is also determined to make a career for herself as one of the first female lawyers. So when the doorbell rings late one night and a woman appears, claiming to have mothered James's child, her world is turned upside down.

Evelyn distrusts Meredith at first, but also finds that this new arrival challenges her work-obsessed lifestyle. So far her legal career has not set the world alight. But then two cases arise that make Evelyn realise perhaps she can make a difference. The first concerns a woman called Leah Marchant whose children have been taken away from her simply because she is poor. The second, Stephen Wheeler, has been charged with murdering his own wife. It is clear that Wheeler is innocent but he won't talk.

In the meantime, Meredith makes an earth-shattering accusation about James - and Evelyn falls in love with a man engaged to be married. With the Wheeler case coming to a head, and her heart in limbo, Evelyn takes matters into her own hands...

Length: 480 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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One of those books so intensely alive in the past that it makes the world you actually live in feel flimsy and thin. McMahon combines a thriller writer's grip, pace and punch with the true novelist's depth and warmth of feeling (GUARDIAN)

A well-plotted, beautifully written tale which makes the point that everyone was a victim of the Great War (DAILY EXPRESS)

a fantastic read: moving, gripping,absorbing and thrillingly sexy.. a skilful, highly atmospheric drama of guilt, passion and consequences.. the kind of book you never want to end (Wendy Holden DAILY MAIL)

Compulsively readable... McMahon skilfully weaves the different strands of the complicated plot into a compelling and moving mystery story (Anna Carey THE GLOSS)

McMahon vividly recreates the stifled atmosphere of the period, sympathetically portraying the dilemmas faced by women (WATERSTONE'S QUARTERLY)

An absorbing and deftly woven tale, which impressively captures the spirit of the early 1920s... a cracking good read (PRESS ASSOCIATION)

A real treat and bound to enhance her reputation (THE MAGISTRATE)

Four stars: "Haunted by the loss of her brother in the First World War, Evelyn is shocked when someone appears with a boy, apparently a nephew" (OK!)

One of those books so intensely alive in the past that it makes the world you actually live in feel flimsy and thin. McMahon combines a thriller writer's grip, pace and punch with the true novelist's depth and warmth of feeling. (Hilary Spurling GUARDIAN) --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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It is brilliant - intimidatingly good, I'd say. What [McMahon has] done is on a par with Sarah Waters - namely, writing satisfying and authentic historical fiction, but with literary excellence and sentence by sentence attention to detail. A triumph. - Kate Mosse. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

ASIN : B002UP1SW2
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson (11 June 2009)
Language: : English
File size : 1050 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 480 pages

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Barbara Fitton

Excellent read.

Reviewed in Australia on 20 May 2015

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Another good tale of the female solicitor sent in the 1920's. Very good read.

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a surprising end!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 August 2012

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A beautifully written book. I had read the Rose of Sebastopol a few years back, which I enjoyed, however I found The Crimson Rooms much more enjoyable.

Evelyn is an inspiring character and tells of how difficult being a female was in the early 20th century. Both cases Evelyn is involved in professionally are incredibly moving. Katherine McMahon draws you into both cases with her excellent writing and convincing characters.

The adoration Evelyn feels for her brother and her relationship with him made me feel uncomfortable on times, certainly when she expects to be the only woman he needed! But this intensisty is the backdrop for her suspicious feelings towards Meredith. This relationship between Evelyn and Meredith is full of suspense- What is Meredith's story? Is she who she says she is?

I was sorry when I finished the book even though I was eager to find out how things ended for Evelyn, I was not entirely happy with the ending.

Bookworm

A good story with an interesting background o a 1920s female lawyer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2011

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I really enjoyed this set in the 1920s it shows Evelyn mourning the death of her brother in WW1 and trying to establish a career in the law. The book shows how hard it was for women to become solicitors and to be accepted, how hard for women to give up the jobs they had done when the men were away fighting and how unmarried women found it difficult to form a life outside the home. At the same time the book follows a murder case in which Evelyn becomes involved both professionally and personally. If you enjoy this you will probably also enjoy 'The return of Captain John Emmett"

Maureen

I enjoyed this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2012

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The Crimson Rooms The Crimson Rooms tells the story of a woman lawyer in the early 1920s when women lawyers were not well received in the profession.
There are many threads in the story - it is a thriller but not at all gruesome. It tells of the trauma experienced by young men in the trenches of the 1st World War and the difficulties faced by women who had worked during the war but were expected to return to domestic life when hostilities ended. I found this book fascinating in many ways and learned a lot about the social history of the 1920s.

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E. Guy

An excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 March 2013

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Fascinating reading with lots of discussion points about women working in the 1920's and further insight into the tragedy of the First World War.

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Alicia

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2016

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Very good novel

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