The debut novel by TV director Imogen Robertson is entitled Instruments of Darkness.A historical murder mystery, the action of the novel takes place over one week
in June 1780 and takes us from the coffee shops and squalor of London to the open fields of Sussex; from the dissecting room to the society salon; from religious riots and mob violence to the early slaughter of the American War of Independence.Its characters are oppressed – some by class, some by gender, some by wealth, some by secrets – until the pressures of the past explode into mayhem and murder and the body count rises.
Imogen Robertson was one of the winners of the Daily Telegraph novel of the year competition 2007. Her television work ranges from productions of Shakespeare to some of the most popular children's programmes on CBeebies.
Headline published Instruments of Darkness in 2009, Anatomy of Murder in 2010. Island of Bones followed in 2011.
