Review

S.J. Parris' latest historical thriller is a pacey story of treachery and obsession

By Anna Creer
August 7 2021 - 12:00am
  • Execution, by S.J. Parris. HarperCollins, $35.

S. J. Parris is the pseudonym of British journalist and critic Stephanie Merritt. She has said she created S.J. Parris so that she could "develop a genre series alongside other books, and there is a long tradition of writers using pen names for crime fiction".

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