THE BOWSTRING WAGER- Worldwide release 22nd June PRESALES NOW OPEN
“The building of a new bridge across the river has changed 19th Century Tyneside forever, with new trade, new industries and thousands of new workers and their families pouring into the region. They bring with them all the hopes, problems and intrigues that such an influx inevitably does, and Evan Piper, head of the Gateshead Police Force, finds himself in the thick of it, with Irish labourers, local businessmen and shady Dutch racketeers all making demands upon his time and his loyalty. He is captivated once more by an exotic woman with the voice of a siren and a will of her own, as well as by the wild and yearning fiddle music ringing out from every tavern along the quayside. Deathbed revelations, a thunderous horserace, perplexing plots and gruesome street battles lead him to a deadly confrontation on the very bridge that seems to be the focus of it all. And everywhere the sound of jigs, reels and ballads as a backdrop.
The fifth novel by award-winning singer and writer Jez Lowe once again resonates with the songs and music of his native North-East England, as well as leaning into his Irish ancestry and his instinctive grasp of social history.”
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