In Strange Shoes by Alice and Claude Askew

Alice and Claude Askew's final, gripping mystery novel! Discover the dawn of detection.

George Annesley is lost in London, after an accident that robs him of his memory. Yet impersonating the famous explorer, George Hilton, he unexpectedly finds himself drawn into a number of intrigues, from the death of Hilton’s friend, Sir Arthur Gervaise, to the gambling debts of the poor but aristocratic Lady Westmere. George must navigate through this difficult world, as he uncovers the mysteries of Hilton’s life, and builds a romance with Westmere’s ward, the young Peggy Marston. Yet Hilton had enemies; can George avoid the plots in which he is implicated, without knowing the details of the murder of which he will be accused?

Alice and Claude Askew were the best-selling writing partnership behind many popular novels published during the Edwardian period. Their mystery classic In Strange Shoes was first published in 1914. This edition represents the first time this work has been returned to print in over a century, making the inventive and original mystery writing of the Askews accessible to a modern audience.

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