Inspector of the Dead
by:
David Morrell (author)
Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his Confessions of an Opium-Eater, confronts London's harrowing streets to thwart the assassination of Queen Victoria.The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The incompetence of British commanders causes the fall of the English government. The Empire...
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Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his Confessions of an Opium-Eater, confronts London's harrowing streets to thwart the assassination of Queen Victoria.The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The incompetence of British commanders causes the fall of the English government. The Empire teeters.Amid this crisis comes opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, one of the most notorious
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780316323932 (0316323934)
ASIN: 316323934
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
My favorite historical mystery series and it keeps getting better. Seriously, this series demonstrates how a historical mystery should be done. You drop down a rabbit hole and wander around in the damp dangerous world of Victorian England. The amount of research Mr. Morrell must have done is stagger...
Wow, this was a great story! I really liked the surprise twist at the end. I wasn't expecting that. Morrell really introduces alot of issues in his story from women's freedom of movement, racial prejudice against Irish, difficulties of the poor, Britain's struggle with war, contamination of clothes ...
In Victorian England, during the intensity of the Crimean War, a man is killing off upper class members of British Society one by one. Set on revenge to right a wrong from long ago, the killer is performing these deeds in outlandish and garish ways. At each murder scene he leaves the name of a man...
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