We Are the Dead: Don’t miss the gripping, immersive crime novel of the year, from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Apr 2027 · Random House

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IT STARTS HERE.

THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY.

AN UNFORGETTABLE INVESTIGATOR.

A FUTURE CRIME CLASSIC.

Discover the unmissable new crime thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Laura Shepherd-Robinson, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith and Kate Atkinson.

A beheading in The Tower of London. The first in 300 years . . .

Following a brutal, high-profile murder at the Tower, Commander Brontë Hayes, head of the Met’s Special Enquiry Team, is called in to investigate.

Because it takes a certain kind of cop to solve a murder in a fortress, with the eyes of the world watching.

As the media helicopters circle above, the Tower community reveals more secrets than answers. And the killer remains at large, somewhere in the shadows, deep within the Tower walls . . .

*Don't miss WE ARE THE DEAD, the start of an addictive new crime series – available to pre-order now!*

IT STARTS HERE. THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY. AN UNFORGETTABLE INVESTIGATOR. A FUTURE CRIME CLASSIC. Discover the unmissable new crime thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Laura Shepherd-Robinson, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith and Kate Atkinson. A beheading in The Tower of London. The...

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LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON worked in politics for nearly twenty years before re-entering normal life to complete an MA in Creative Writing. Her debut novel, Blood & Sugar, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and won the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown and the CrimeFest/Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award. Her second novel, Daughters of Night, was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award and the HWA Gold Crown. The Square of Sevens was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and a USA Today bestseller, and featured on BBC Two’s Between the Covers. The Art of a Lie was also an instant Sunday Times bestseller and has been shortlisted for the Radio 2 Book Club Award and the CWA Gold and Historical Daggers. Laura’s new novel, We Are the Dead, follows the investigation of a modern-day murder at the Tower of London. It introduces Commander Brontë Hayes, head of the Met’s Special Enquiry Team, and launches a new crime series which scrutinises the British establishment and its most iconic settings. Laura lives in London with her husband Adrian.

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