Fall of Man in Wilmslow

Alan Turing, a mathematician, is found dead in Wilmslow in 1954. Detective Constable Leonard Corell takes on the case, discovering that Turing is a convicted homosexual and that his sexuality is causing alarm among the intelligence services. Corell becomes captivated by Turing's work and learns the dangers of forbidden knowledge.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2023
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

A gripping tale of honor, prejudice, and the twentieth century's most maltreated hero, by the acclaimed author of "The Girl in the Spider's Web."

June 8, 1954. Alan Turing, the visionary mathematician, is found dead at his home in the sleepy town of Wilmslow, dispatched by a poisoned apple.

Taking the case, Detective Constable Leonard Corell quickly learns that Turing is a convicted homosexual. Confident it is a suicide, he is nonetheless confounded by the official secrecy surrounding Turing's war record. What is more, Turing's sexuality appears to be causing alarm among the intelligence services - could he have been blackmailed by Soviet spies?

Stumbling across evidence of Turing's genius and sensing an escape from a narrow life, Corell soon becomes captivated by Turing's brilliant and revolutionary work, and begins to dig deeper. But in the febrile atmosphere of the Cold War, loose cannons cannot be tolerated. As his innocent curiosity takes him far out of his depth, Corell realizes he has much to learn about the dangers of forbidden knowledge.

Weight: 260g
Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529429749