Lawless and the Pompey Piglets

As the US edition of Lawless and the House of Electricity is pushed back, here’s my tour to celebrate a year since the trilogy was out in full.

Lawless and the Three Pompey Piglets

Sergeant Lawless,

I throw myself upon your mercy. I am an honourable woman, fallen into ignominy, through no fault of my own. I live days of disrepute and nights of shame. I have read in Mr Dickens’ paper of your prosecutions of the London netherworld; I humbly beg that you turn your detective abilities on the ignoble practices perpetrated here, in Portsmouth, where many a shapely vessel is shipwrecked and sunken in the mire.

Rana Cawnpoor (known, at Mme Rosabella’s, as Frog)

This short story also appeared in Portsmouth Fairy Tales [for Grown-Ups]. It was tremendous fun collaborating with ten local authors to produce this collection, and hugely enjoyed both performing at the launch parties and researching some Pompey history to spice up the narrative.

This companion piece to Lawless and the Flowers of Sin was published by hyperlocal newssite heroes Star and Crescent (read the whole story here), and I performed it at the inaugural Holmes Fest.

 

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