Murray Hall: A novel of the extraordinary and intriguing secret that rocked New York and the world

'A riveting and remarkable retelling of a true story.' - SARA SHERIDAN'A very enjoyable novel, one that can give pleasure and invite speculation at the same time.' - THE SCOTSMAN'His remarkable life story has, for the first time, been pieced together from myriad contemporary newspaper reports, historical archives and contradictory anecdotes to form a stunning new novel' - SUNDAY POSTHe kept his secret for a lifetime.Now the truth will rock New York. It is 1901, and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall dead.New York politico, gambler, womaniser - Hall is all these things, but when the newspapers break the news of his death to the world, they reveal a side to his identity he never wanted known, a secret no one could have guessed. Sam Clellan, an ambitious young journalist, is determined to uncover the truth of Hall's past, but his search leads him down winding alleys of fact and fiction.From humble beginnings in Glasgow's tenements to a life spent rubbing up against New York's po