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523 pages ; 25 cm, \"Lauren Owen's thrilling first novel introduces an utterly beguiling world. London, 1893: James Norbury is a shy would-be poet, newly down from Oxford and confounded by the sinister, labyrinthine city at his doorstep. Taking up lodging with a dissolute young aristocrat, he is introduced to the drawing rooms of high society and finds love in an unexpected quarter. On the cusp of achieving a happiness long denied to him, he vanishes without a trace. In Yorkshire, his sister Charlotte - only in her twenties but already resigned to life as a rural spinster - sets out to find her brother. Her search for answers leads her to one of the country's pre-eminent and mysterious institutions: The Aegolius Club, whose members include the richest, most ambitious men in England. Trying to save James - and herself - from the Club's designs, Charlotte uncovers a secret world at the city's margins populated by unforgettable characters: a female rope walker turned vigilante, a street urchin with a deadly secret, and the chilling \"Dr. Knife.\" As emotionally involving as it is suspenseful, The Quick will establish its young author as one of contemporary fiction's most dazzling tale

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Author

Owen, Lauren, 1985-

Publisher

New York : Random House

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679645054

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Crime

Rating

3.25 / 5 (5,895 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14