The Silver Collar, Antonia Hodgson
The Silver Collar, Antonia Hodgson
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The Silver Collar
Shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown 2021

Author: Antonia Hodgson

Narrator: Joseph Kloska

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2020

Synopsis

The fourth novel in Antonia Hodgson's award-winning series featuring Thomas Hawkins and Kitty Sparks is at once her most thrilling and the most darkly disturbing story yet.

The next rip-roaring thriller from Antonia Hodgson, featuring Thomas Hawkins

Autumn, 1728. Life is good for Thomas Hawkins and Kitty Sparks. The Cocked Pistol, Kitty's wickedly disreputable bookshop, is a roaring success. Tom's celebrity as 'Half-Hanged Hawkins', the man who survived the gallows, is also proving useful.

Their happiness proves short-lived. When Tom is set upon by a street gang, he discovers there's a price on his head. Who on earth could want him dead - and why?

With the help of his ward, Sam Fleet, and Sam's underworld connections, Tom's investigation leads to a fine house in Jermyn Street, the elegant, enigmatic Lady Vanhook and an escaped slave by the name of Jeremiah Patience.

But for Tom and Kitty, discovering the truth is only the beginning of the nightmare.

A powerful, deeply immersive thriller, The Silver Collar is both a celebration of love and friendship, and a terrifying exploration of evil.

(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

About Antonia Hodgson

Antonia Hodgson has written four acclaimed historical crime novels. She won the CWA Historical Dagger for The Devil in the Marshalsea, and her work has also been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year. Antonia's first (unpublished) novel was a gothic fantasy and she always dreamed of writing an epic series, given the chance. The Raven Scholar was released to widespread acclaim in 2025 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller. She is now busy finishing its sequel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jo on December 31, 2021

Tom and Kitty are living a settled life in 18th century London; their relationship is good and their business is thriving. Until a magistrate takes an interest in Kitty and someone tries to kill Tom. This sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever. I do enjoy this series as Hodg......more

Goodreads review by Connie on May 30, 2020

1728 a few years after surviving the hangman's noose, Thomas Hawkins returns to London with Kitty and back to the Cocked Pistol - Kitty's disreputable bookshop - and back to happiness. Or so they believe. When Tom is attacked by a group of men, he discovers he has an enemy who wants him dead, and as......more

Goodreads review by Anika on September 19, 2020

A copy of this book was provided in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the author and publisher! Thomas Hawkins and Kitty Sparks are back in Hodgson’s fourth book of the series, and this time mystery surrounds the cunning and secretive Lady Vanhook. I was hooked on this book from start to fi......more

Goodreads review by mimo on February 18, 2021

I'm a little disappointed by the plot of this one, to be honest. The preceding three books in the series all have mysteries that are strongly related to an important bit of history: the Marshalsea prison, Queen Caroline, the South Sea bubble. A place, a person, an event. But here, the main plot revo......more

Goodreads review by Matt on July 23, 2022

Inducing and inviting, a pleasant return to form. 5 stars. Alongside Ambrose Parry and Kaite Welsh, Antonia Hodgson completes my favourite historical mystery writers. This is a stunning tale of love and the lengths we will go for it. Both Thomas and Kitty are captivating lead characters and this serie......more

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Praise for The Silver Collar:

The Silver Collar is a triumph, a fine addition to a historical crime series that gets better with every book. Antonia Hodgson gives us dark melodrama with wit, and a driving narrative with impeccable research. It's a rare combination, and it leaves the reader hungry for more Andrew Taylor

Set at a blistering pace, The Silver Collar is a wholly entertaining thriller. Brimming with equal parts wit and evil, Antonia Hodgson's unforgettable characters leap into a dangerous adventure. I loved every tension-filled page Kate Mayfield

Written with flair, sly wit, and a meticulous eye for detail . . . The Silver Collar takes us into the dark heart of colonial slavery, making this one of the most topical books of the year . . . Thrilling Vaseem Khan

The inimitable Thomas Hawkins is back, and I am so glad he is. In Antonia Hodgson's tale of revenge, love, and the nature of evil, the reader is taken on a breath-taking journey into the darkest corners of Hogarthian London. At turns witty, savage, and deeply moving, this is a glorious book - I couldn't put it down Sophia Tobin

A brilliant, moving novel that takes us to some very dark places in our history - but which also succeeds in being very witty and entertaining SD Sykes

Not just a superb thriller but very topical too. Antonia's novels have cheered and entertained me like nothing else during lockdown, and the return to a plot about somebody in captivity felt appropriate as well. Her characters are so strongly drawn, and her feel for the period, sense of humour, compassion and ability to create heart-stopping suspense put her right up in the first division of historical crime Amanda Craig

Beautifully written and packed with atmosphere, wit and historical details, I didn't want it to end. And in shining an uncomfortable light on colonial slavery, it's also timely and relevant The Daily Mirror

This clever novel gives a brilliant picture of both London and Antigua in the early 18th century, when slavery provided huge profits for many Englishmen. . . There is humour as well as impressive research and convincing horror here Literary Review

Hodgson once again shows what a skilful writer of historical thrillers she is The Sunday Times

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