The Crimson Rooms

Author(s): Katharine McMahon

August 2009 Highlights

Evelyn is a young woman who has defied convention to become one of the country's pioneer female lawyers. 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. Therefore 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 woman called Leah Marchant whose children have been taken away from her simply because she is poor. The second, Stephen Wheeler - a former acquaintance of Daniel Breen, her boss - has been charged with murdering his own wife. It is clear to Breen and Evelyn that Wheeler is innocent but he won't talk. After being humiliated in court, Evelyn is approached by a dashing lawyer called Nicholas Thorne.

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Katharine McMahon is the author of five novels. She has taught in secondary schools, performed in local theatre and worked as a Royal Literary Fund fellow teaching writing skills at the Universities of Hertfordshire and Warwick. She lives in Hertfordshire.

General Fields

  • : 9780297855347
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • : 0.509
  • : May 2009
  • : 233mm X 153mm X 27mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Katharine McMahon
  • : Paperback
  • : Export ed
  • : English
  • : 823/.914
  • : 384
  • : Modern fiction