The QuickYou are about to discover the secrets of The Quick But first you must travel to Victorian Yorkshire, and there, on a remote country estate, meet a brother and sister alone in the world and bound by tragedy. In time, you will enter the rooms of Londons mysterious Aegolius Club a society of some of the richest, most powerful men in fin de siecle England. And at some point we cannot say when these worlds will collide. It is then, and only then, that a

the chase is on

dies mysteriously at St

Kay was hired as a maid but refused to speak of her past or her family

the People are forced to live in fortified towns

has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer

they discover that the house's foundation isn't the only thing that can't be trusted

to the dreaded nuptials

all but married (to Jack

Bill Blaney is an ex-spy who worked in Berlin 17 years ago

Could this have happened to Freddie - but if so

Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take

and how cloning became a way to ensure power for a select group of people