Widow's Secret, The

ISBN 10 : 1843547147 ISBN 13 : 9781843547143

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Quatrième de couverture :

'As the curtain-raiser for a new detective series, this novel is a bold beginning. Thompson is clearly having the time of his life here. He revels in the vigilante justice, ribald talk and Dickensian grotesques at his disposal' Sunday Telegraph

'A neo-Victorian yarn that rattles on merrily and rings true' Financial Times

Bella Wallis is a respectable widow with a secret identity: in an office buried deep within the seedy backstreets of Victorian London, she writes sensationalist novels exposing the scoundrels that litter high society under the pen name Henry Ellis Margam.

So when a crested cigar case is found near the body of a murdered prostitute, Bella and her friends are determined to trace the murderer and write a mystery that will avenge the poor girl's untimely death. But the owner of the cigar case is a dangerous - and rich - man who has already destroyed the lives of others who have crossed him. Will Bella see justice done, or will she meet the same fate as so many of her characters...?

'Brian Thompson writes well and there's a rich vein of humour' Daily Mail

'Entertaining, indeed dazzling. Dickensian in its humour, its vivid evocation of a criminal underworld, and the poverty and filth of the Victorian city' Times Literary Supplement

Revue de presse :

"The Widow's Secret drops us headfirst into the realm of 19th-century sensation fiction - the lurid stuff of Wilkie Collins and old-fashioned penny dreadfuls. Although Brian Thompson is best known for his recent memoirs he's equally convincing on murder, mystery and the Victorians. As the curtain-raiser for a new detective series, this novel is a bold beginning. Thompson is clearly having the time of his life here. He revels in the vigilante justice, ribald talk and Dickensian grotesques at his disposal" (Sunday Telegraph)

"A neo-Victorian yarn that rattles on merrily and rings true. We are told that more instalments of Bella's exploits are on the way. Let them come, say I" (John Sutherland Financial Times)

"Thompson specialises in sharp, elliptical dialogue and brisk little glances into the murk that rises beyond Bella's window" (D. J. Taylor Guardian)

"Brian Thompson writes well and there's a rich vein of humour" (Daily Mail)

"Entertaining, indeed dazzling. Dickensian in its humour, its vivid evocation of a criminal underworld, and the poverty and filth of the Victorian city" (Times Literary Supplement)

À propos de cette édition

• ISBN 10: 1843547147
• ISBN 13: 9781843547143
• Reliure: Livre broché