Dead Born - Couverture souple

Lock, Joan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0752464566 ISBN 13 : 9780752464565

Editeur : The History Press, 2013

Synopsis

‘A gripping and satisfying murder mystery with an unguessable final twist’ - Mystery Women

‘[A] gripping Victorian mystery’- Publishers Weekly

‘Asking an historian to review a historical novel is asking for trouble – but Joan Lock’s book is something else. Her knowledge of London and its policing in the 19th century makes this into a very different kind of novel – one with an extremely realistic setting’- London Archive Users Forum

When the bodies of a number of babies are found scattered around Islington, Detective Sergeant Best is sent undercover to lodge next door to a suspected baby farm. He shadows an alleged 'child dropper' onto a Thames pleasure steamer and finds himself caught up in Britain's worst civilian tragedy ― the 1878 sinking of the Princess Alice ― a horrific experience which will haunt Best forever. Meanwhile, his determination to avenge the death of a young girl he had befriended and save the life of another becomes a crusade.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ex-policewoman JOAN LOCK is the author of eight non-fiction books and two crime novels. She has been a regular contributor to the police press and the journal of the Crime Writers' Association. She has also written short stories, radio plays and radio documentaries. She lives in London

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752464566
• ISBN 13: 9780752464565
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible