Fortuna's Deadly Shadow

Leslie Scase

Pontypridd, 1893. Mae yna ddamwain trên erchyll, ac yn anhrefn y drychineb mae llofrudd yn cuddio olion ei weithred, ond mae un o ddioddefwyr y ddamwain yn cael ei adnabod trwy'i watsh boced. Ddwy flynedd yn ddiweddarach mae Thomas Chard yn cyrraedd y dref i ddechrau swydd newydd yn arolygydd yr heddlu, ac ar yr un pryd darganfyddir corff yn Afon Taf.

ISBN: 9781785622885

Pris: £8.99

Adran: Ffuglen, Trosedd

Cyfrwng: Clawr Meddal

Iaith: Saesneg

Nifer y tudalennau: 328

Mwy o wybodaeth

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This is genuinely a really enjoyable read. The murderous plot is packed full of twists and turns that will leave you guessing right until the final page.

The author describes the scenes so vividly it is so easy to immerse yourself in the world of Victorian Pontypridd.

Loved reading it on holiday! - Cwsmer Amazon / Amazon Customer, Amazon

This is an excellent debut novel from Leslie Scase. It is a murder mystery set in Pontypridd, a Valleys town in the late 1890's. It is well researched with the fictional story interwoven with real places and events, together with brief cameos of characters alive at the time who have become part of local folklore. The characters of the fictional story are brought to life in a colourful writing style that is a delight to read as the prose is wonderfully descriptive whilst at the same time allowing the narrative to flow. It has as its main character an Englishman, Inspector Chard, whose arrival in the industrial Welsh town coincides with a series of events that catapult him into an enquiry which leads him to circles of a dark criminal underworld. Events almost spiral out of control and the plot has a number of twists and turns. Every chapter is compelling reading whilst the final few pages bring the reader to a crescendo of events which fulfils the earlier chapters promise of a gripping finale. I fully recommend this book. - Cwsmer Amazon / Amazon Customer, Amazon

A crime novel with a difference - a vivid account of the lives of poor working class people in the Victorian Industrial Age and insight of Police life and brutality all in one novel. Mr Scase brings to life the poverty, drunkenness and crime of Pontypridd in the late 19th century coupled with a page turning murder mystery. - Cwsmer Amazon / Amazon Customer, Amazon

Absolutely loved this book! Couldn't put it down read it within a couple of days. I would have read it in a whole night if I could stay awake long enough! - Cwsmer Amazon / Amazon customer, Amazon

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