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The Bedlam Detective - Stephen Gallagher
The Bedlam Detective
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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... show more
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 Lancaster, whose sanity has been in question since a disastrous scientific adventure in the Amazon killed his family and colleagues, coincides with the disappearance of two young local girls. When the children are found slain, Lancaster claims that the same dark forces that devastated his family have followed him home. It is not the first time that children have come to harm in his rural countryside town, though few are willing to speak of incidents from the past. Becker must determine whether this mad nobleman is insane and a murderer, or if some even more sinister agency is at work.   Struggling on his small salary, and with unexpected help from a son who needs special care, Becker and his wife make sacrifices so Becker can stay on the case after an innocent man is convicted of the crime. The answers he seeks may be found with the assistance of the local investigator and a young suffragette who fled Arnmouth, but couldn’t flee the horrors she encountered there.    From dank asylums to the lush and treacherous Amazon, through the makeshift studios of the early film industry and a traveling fair of freaks and illusions, Sebastian Becker’s search for answers brings him face to face with madmen and monsters, both imagined and real. Confronting immense danger in his hunt for the truth, he will explore murder, tragedy, and the tempestuous depths of his own mind. 
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780307406644 (0307406644)
Publisher: Crown
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: Sebastian Becker (#2)
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susanw610
susanw610 rated it
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 ...
Cushla
Cushla rated it
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...
Constantly Moving the Bookmark
Constantly Moving the Bookmark rated it
3.0 The Bedlam Detective
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 ...
Denise
Denise rated it
2.0 The Bedlam Detective
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.
Bloggabook
Bloggabook rated it
4.0 The Bedlam Detective: A Novel
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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