by Stephen Gallagher
I didn't think I would like this book very much but since it was recommended I gave it chance. Surprise, I liked it very much. Who would have thought that Sebastian Becker, a detective in America, who is now an investigator for The Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy in London during the early 20th ...
Madmen see monsters – and monsters hide in plain sight From a basement office in London’s notorious Bethlehem Hospital, Sebastian Becker investigates wealthy eccentrics whose dubious mental health may render them unable to manage their own affairs. His interview with rich landowner Sir Owain Lancast...
Sebastian Becker is "Special Investigator for the Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy” and works from his tiny office in the basement of Bethlehem Hospital. His main focus is to investigate eccentric wealthy "clients" whose mental health is questionable. Trained as a Pinkerton Detective Sebastian ...
This book was only okay. It seemed as though the author kept running out of ideas while writing this story. I wasn't really all that satisfied with the ending, which dragged down my opinion of the whole book. I'm not sure if I would actually recommend this to anyone.
Well written period piece. Good multiple plot lines. Resolution on all fronts was well tied together. This was a short book, but it read like a longer novel. Not because it seemed to drag on, but because each sentence was well written and conveyed a lot of visual information without being verbos...
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