This book made me want to read the author's debut definitely. I loved Caro Corsham as a character, and want to read more of her. Addicting, energetic, full of surprises.
Definitely recommended.

Thanks a lot to NG nd the publisher for this copy.

This book is full of engaging characters, a lot of whom are puzzling, going from charming one minute to malicious in the next, leaving you not knowing who the real culprits are. This kept me guessing all the way through and just when I thought I had it figured out, nope back to the drawing board!

There is a great introduction to the characters at the beginning of the book which really helps to keep up with who's who.

For those seeking a mystery entwined with historical fiction and great characters this is the book for you!

Great period book. The corruption and inequality of the time shines through this book. Great who done it, with fabulous historical tones. A must read if you like stepping back in time.

Daughters of Night is an incredible work of historical fiction. Full of twists, turns and intrigue it is exquisitely written and a fully immersive experience.

The second book from Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Blood and Sugar is also superb and they could be read independently of each other), this time our main protagonists are some of the more minor characters who we have met previously. The plot is wonderfully complex and it’s a thrill of a ride.

The book captured me from the off albeit I think a more robust edit (including trimming some of the background about the Classics) would stand it in slightly better stead.

With many thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for an ARC in consideration of an honest review.

This is a very well researched novel set in London, 1782. The sense of place and time was extremely well achieved, with a vivid sense of the fashionable Ton living cheek by jowl with the wretched and destitute. Caro Corsham is protagonist in the absence of her husband, who is mysteriously absent abroad, leaving her vulnerable and alone but undaunted. What I particularly admired was the sure-footed way the author led us through this world, especially the brothels and clubs of the sexual underworld. Apparently based on the real Hellfire club of the day, we see close up the double standards of aristocratic men who compound their reverence for the classical past with a desire to recreate orgiastic temples and rituals.
However, I didn’t really get too deeply into any one character or situation. I had some sympathy with down-at-heel thief-taker Peregrine Child but many of the other very large cast of characters were lightly drawn and not especially memorable. Despite frequent changes of scene and frantic activity, the plot’s wheels seem to spend a long time spinning before any meaningful information was given out. In the end the threads are drawn together but I’m afraid that by then the book didn’t engage me very deeply.

My thanks to Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for the ARC of DAUGHTERS OF NIGHT. I absolutely loved this. Caro Corsham is a wonderful character and now I want to read the author's debut where she also appears. Gripping, fast-paced, quirky, and very twisty-turny. Loved it!

This novel is a gritty, riveting tale of suspense and woe, following the exploits of Caro Corsham and set in London.
I found the book easy to read with a fast pace always keeping me interested with various twists and turns and the way the story unraveled.
Murder, deceit and plenty of plot changes keep you wanting more, whilst the bleakness of London is the perfect setting.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book!

I was lucky enough to have the hardback of ‘Blood & Sugar’ bought for me as a Christmas present. It was outstanding so I was delighted to receive an ARC of ‘Daughters of Night’ in return for my honest review. Many thanks to NetGalley, Pan MacMillan and Laura Shepherd-Robinson for this opportunity.

Although there are characters from the previous novel this is a stand-alone and develops on a couple of the characters, including Caro (Caroline Corsham). A stunning woman with sophistication and wealth Caro has some secrets herself. Her husband, Captain Henry Corsham (Harry), is in America on a political mission.

The novel begins with Caro walking through gardens to meet Lucy, a high-society prostitute, in Vauxhall, only to discover that she has been brutally stabbed and dies in her arms after whispering ‘he knows,’ before her death. Caro blames herself as she had arranged the meeting and takes on the task to find the truth.

She hires a thief-taker, Peregrine Child, to help her solve the murder as the authorities do not show as much interest as Caro would like because Lucy was a prostitute. I warmed to both of these characters even though they are both flawed and struggle at times with what life throws at them.

The author paints a wonderfully accurate and detailed picture of Georgian London and the interrelationship between men with money and their treatment of prostitutes along with the behaviours in high-society and how easy it is to be shunned. There are twists and turns throughout and just when I thought I had read them all, there are a couple more shocks. A stunning murder mystery with suspense and a superb background.

Loved the ending.

Beautifully written. Highly recommended.

Daughters of Night is a brilliantly told Georgian crime thriller. The story is so well-written, with so many twists, turns and red herrings that it’s so hard to put this book down. Whenever I felt I knew where the story was going it changed again, and I just had to keep reading to find out the truth.

The characters are incredibly rich and multi-faceted; they all have their secrets and demons which are hidden by their outward, society personas. Caroline ‘Caro’ Corsham is a fantastic character who is drawn into London’s underworld of prostitution and secret societies. She struggles against the restraints of Georgian society and what is and isn’t acceptable and respectable for women of the day to do. There are some brilliant observations in this novel over the rights of women at the time, whether rich or poor, and how men viewed women regardless of class and status.

At the beginning of the novel Caro finds the mortally wounded body of Lucy, a high-society prostitute. When it becomes apparent that no body cares about her death, and against the wishes of her brother, members of law enforcement and members of the nobility she makes it her mission to hunt down Lucy’s killer. She employs Peregrine Child, a thief-taker and disgraced former magistrate, to help her. Child is another excellent character, who moves around the underbelly of London’s streets and taverns to help bring Lucy’s killer to justice. An odd-pairing Caro and Child work really well together. I would happily read more books of them teaming up to solve other crimes.

There is always something appealing about Georgian London to me, and it is no different in this well-researched book. We have the Vauxhall Gardens and manor houses, places of opulence and wealth for the rich and powerful, but we also have the dark and dirty London streets and brothels. There is such an intriguing contrast between these two places and the people who occupy these places, which this book moves between so well.

A suspenseful thriller right to the end, I would highly recommend this fantastic novel.

Thank you to NetGalley, Pan Macmillan and Laura Shepherd-Robinson for this ARC to read and review.

I heard good things about Laura Shepherd Robinson first novel Blood and Sugar that I had to request Daughters of the Night on NetGalley It is a continuation, but you can read it as a standalone as, I have not read the previous one.
London 1782 Caroline Corsham find the body of a high society prostitute Lucy Loveless in Victoria Pleasure gardens. She was going to meet her for other issues. The Police are not interested in her death. She is a prostitute after all. So, Caroline (Caro) to her friends takes it on herself to find the killer and the disappearance of 15-year-old prostitute Pamela. She hires Peregrine Child once a magistrate now a thief taker to help her with her quest.
Set in Georgian times Daughters of the Night is deep in historical detail which Prostitutes, pickpockets, Lords, and ladies. The story is set in several points of view. Caro’s. Childs and Pamela and the events that happened leading up to her disappearance.
I really like crime thriller novels set in London during these times and this is no exception. Deep in history, this is a well thought out and gripping novel, with great characters and shocking events that went on in these times. There was a lot of twists and turns and never a dull moment in this story four stars from me.

Daughters of Night is a historical whodunnit littered with strong, engaging characters and set in a Georgian world where trading sex and vice were everyday counterparts to polite society, fashionable parties, and archaeological or artistic pursuits.
Caroline ‘Caro’ Corsham finds her friend dead in improper circumstances, and it soon emerges that her friend was anything but ‘proper’ and the authorities won’t investigate her death. Caro steps into the void, hiring an investigator herself, and the adventures and difficulty start to ramp up, as attempts to close ranks and shut down her pursuit of justice ensue.
I really enjoyed this book. Fantastically researched, and a cracking murder mystery, Laura Shepherd Robinson is an author I will seek out again. My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free ARC in exchange for my review.

Very interesting read. I felt that this story had been very well researched but it was a bit too long for me with too many characters.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

This is a real page-turner. Lots of likeable characters, a twisty plot, and an interesting historical setting. Although I sometimes felt that the characters were a bit too consciously 'just like us in the 21st century,' there were only a few times when this intruded. I'll be looking out for more by this author, and recommending her books to anyone looking for a good read.

Having read Laura's previous book, "Blood and Sugar" (which I thoroughly enjoyed), I couldn't wait to read "Daughters of the Night". I wasn't disappointed. Again, set in the Georgian era it's a whodunnit with a wonderfully strong central character, Caroline, who wouldn't be out of place in a modern crime novel. Her husband is abroad and with the help of Perry Child who assisted her husband in the first book, Caroline sets out to solve the murder of her friend.

As with "Blood and Sugar" you are drawn into the London underworld, though this time it's prostitution and not slavery. Laura paints a very vivid picture of what Covent Garden and other areas were like in those times. Who knew? If only jelly houses were around now!

I do hope there's another book with the wonderful Caroline Corsham.

An enticing murder/mystery set in an era when women often were pushed into the background or placed upon a pedestal. I was fascinated from beginning to end.

It's such a shame that the publication date for Daughters of Night has had to be put back. I'm writing my review now, I must remember to come back and shout about it nearer the time, because I loved this.

I find that I can get completely lost in historical fiction, and Daughters of Night is one of the best.

Caro Corsham is hiding a secret, but when she finds a fatally wounded women in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens her life becomes even more complicated. An investigation into the death starts, but when it is discovered that the victim was a prostitute, no one but Caro wants answers any more...

Atmospheric, evocative, disturbing and engrossing, this is a fantastic book.

Another poor unfortunate prostitute has been murdered in London and Caro Corsham is the only one who cares. Daughters of Night explores the highest echelons and lowest depths of Georgian society and all the howling hypocrisy in between.
This is a solid four star book the plot and characters interesting and writing flowing. It is however overlong. The investigation is split in two, one strand following Caro and one following Child’s the result being that the reader feels like they are having the same conversation with the same four people and not getting anything to push the story on.
The characters themselves are all pretty despicable, there are no heroes here. Even Caro and Childs the “goodies” are flawed but they are redeemable because they care about justice. And Caro loves her baby and can rock her burgundy gown and apparently has an ass that won’t quit. The suspects are a mixed bunch and they go from being thoroughly evil to having a perfectly reasonable conversation the next. It doesn’t really get going until the last 20% when everything happens so fast it’s difficult to keep up and Child’s Poirot moment of inspiration seems plucked from the ether.
Caro is however dynamic enough and the world interesting (the guild of prostitutes being a highlight) even-though the pseudo hellfire club wasn’t used as well as it could have been. It was a good read.

Blood & Sugar absolutely captivated me and Daughters of Night Is more than a worthy sequel excelling in its own right. The detailed evocation of Hogarthian London masterly and never once falters; you can feel the grime and smell the streets . Reading was stepping back into a world and time made familiar by Laura Robinson’s beautifully crafted, page turning narrative and ingeniously plotted tale. Her characters are vividly realised, engaging us in their every struggle and triumph. Even if you think historical fiction is not for you, I urge you to read this. At one point I woke the house shouting to the protagonist to warn her of imminent danger! Enjoy!

I'd read Blood and Sugar, and was eager to see follow up .. this new one more than stands up to the first in the same Georgian world. We are seeing you the under side of the aristocracy and the ruses that particularly women and the poverty stricken must resort to for survival in a restrictive, blinkered society. But some lose, and it's in the pursuit of two women's deaths that Caro, a righteous and courageous woman we remember from Blood and Sugar comes into her own , detecting the perpetrator of her friend's murder. Sometimes awfully complex, but the fellow she has asked/ hired to help her pursues same questions we do, and she dites .. it goes right up close to a weak king on top. Enjoyable and gripping.

This is a complex plot, with many twists and turns, but I will not do spoilers, so the reader must find out more for themselves.
What I will say is that the novel is historically accurate.
It is a tale of murder, and one woman's quest to find the murderer.
It is set in the eighteenth century, where women had little power. Among other things it concerns prostitutes, and is based on solid historical research into their life at the time.