Black Tag

'Full of intrigue and mystery' Bella 'Another winner...Short chapters, plenty of twists, the odd conspiracy theory ramp up the pace' Daily Mirror 'An absorbing read... Deftly unpicks the years of hidden resentments beneath the glossy veneer of a rich and powerful dynasty' Financial Times

Your house is on fire. Everything is about to burn. What do you save? You have seconds to decide...

When a gallery in London's fashionable Coal Drops Yard is set alight, the Fire Service must use the list of paintings lodged with it - a grab list - to snatch the key pieces of art from the flames. But something has been changed. It's the wrong list.

Then the investigation reveals another tragedy: an unidentified dead body. Someone who shouldn't have been there. Crusading journalist Famie Madden wants to know who it is and why they were in the gallery. Soon it becomes apparent that the ashes are hiding much more than she thought - and that this is much more than a casual act of arson...

Bestselling author and legendary broadcaster Simon Mayo has created a spellbinding story ripped from today's newspapers that ventures deep into a murderous family saga stretching back centuries.