ALEX REEVE lives in Oxfordshire and is a university lecturer. The Blood Flower is the fourth in the Leo Stanhope series, following on from Richard & Judy Book Club pick The House on Half Moon Street, The Anarchists’ Club and The Butcher of Berner Street. The acclaimed series has been shortlisted twice for the CWA Sapere Books Historical Dagger, with The House on Half Moon Street also shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and the RSL Christopher Bland Prize.