The Butchered Man - Couverture souple

Smart, Harriet

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906236798 ISBN 13 : 9781906236793

Editeur : SilverWood Books Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Northminster, 1840: a once-picturesque cathedral city, where dirty smokestacks now rival ancient spires. When workmen make the shocking discovery of a mutilated corpse in a ditch outside the ancient walls, Giles Vernon and Felix Carswell are charged with solving the case. Intelligent and practical, Chief Constable Major Vernon has transformed the old city watch into a modern police force, and he throws himself into the investigation with the same energy. But as he probes a murky world of professional gamblers and jilted lovers, he is drawn into a dangerous emotional game which threatens to undermine his authority. Newly-qualified police surgeon Felix Carswell is determined to make his way in the world on his own terms despite being the bastard son of prominent local grandee, Lord Rothborough. Called to treat a girl in an asylum for reformed prostitutes, what he uncovers there brings him into conflict with his new employer, Vernon, and throws the case into disarray. Together they must overcome their differences and find the brutal truth behind the mystery of The Butchered Man. The Butchered Man is the first Northminster Mystery, featuring intrepid early-Victorian detectives Vernon and Carswell.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Harriet Smart was born and brought up in Birmingham. She attended the University of St Andrews, where she read Art History, and then married a fellow student. She now lives with her family in Edinburgh, with a view of the Castle from her study window. Harriet has published four historical novels and one contemporary novel as well as co-designing the innovative creative writing software "Writer's Cafe". She is presently working on The Northminster Mysteries, a series of crime novels set in early Victorian England. Her research for the books included wearing stays and hand-sewing a man's shirt. Harriet is also writing a manual on the process of story development and an ongoing blog novel set in Edwardian Scotland, www.fictionwitch.wordpress.com. She also blogs at www.harrietsmart.com and can be found on Twitter @fictionwitch.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SilverWood Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906236798
• ISBN 13: 9781906236793
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible