Coffee & Cake with Laura Shepherd-Robinson | 22nd July, 2PM
Coffee & Cake with Laura Shepherd-Robinson | 22nd July, 2PM

We are thrilled to be hosting an event with Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Laura is the award-winning, Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author of four historical novels. Her books have been featured on BBC 2’s Between the Covers and Radio 4’s Front Row and Open Book.
Tickets are £30 and include a copy of The Art of a Lie, a hot drink & cakes.
Please arrive at 2pm for a 2:30 start.
Please advise us of any allergies/ intolerances you or anyone you're booking for has.
This event has a table plan, so please advise us if you would like to sit next to anyone in particular.
About The Art of a Lie:
That’s the trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself.
Sometimes you think they've ended, when they've barely begun . . .
London, 1749. Following the murder of her husband in a violent street robbery, Hannah Cole is struggling to keep her head above water. The Punchbowl and Pineapple, her confectionary shop on Piccadilly, is barely turning a profit, and her suppliers are conspiring to put her out of business.
So when she learns that her husband had a large sum of money in his bank account that she knew nothing about, the surprise is extremely welcome. And when William Devereux, a friend of her late husband, tells her about a new Italian delicacy called “iced cream”, Hannah believes it might transform the fortunes of her shop. But her husband’s unexpected windfall attracts the attention of author-turned-magistrate Henry Fielding, who suspects the money was illicitly acquired.
Unless Hannah can prove otherwise, her inheritance will be confiscated. As she and Devereux work to uncover the secrets of her husband’s double life, their friendship opens Hannah to speculation and gossip, locking her into a battle of wits more devastating than anything, even her husband’s murder.
More about Laura:
Laura was born in Bristol in 1976. She has a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. She worked in politics for nearly twenty years before re-entering normal life to complete an MA in Creative Writing at City University. She lives in London with her husband, Adrian.
