Great Expectations Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1992) The Shadow King is a

The Shadow King is a gorgeously crafted and unputdownable exploration of female power

he would trade his life for the chance to hold them in his handsAkutagawa (1892-1927) was one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose stories are marked by original imagery

The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London

A classic of simplicity

and she risks her life by throwing herself into the Thames to avoid a potential seducer

Great Expectations Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1992) The Shadow King is aWhat this cautionary tale of a young man raised high above his station by a mysterious benefactor lacks in length, it more than makes up for in its remarkable characters and compelling story. The novel begins with young orphaned Philip Pirrip Pip running afoul of an escaped convict in a cemetery. This terrifying personage bullies Pip into stealing food and a file for him, threatening that if he tells a soul "your heart and your liver shall be tore