Summary
New York, January 1896. Arthur Conan Doyle, the renowned creator of Sherlock Holmes, arrives at the Britannic Hotel with his wife, Louisa, ready to begin his first American tour. While he prepares his lectures, Louisa becomes mesmerised by this brash, vibrant, dangerous city, especially when a woman’s brutally butchered corpse is found in a Bowery alley and Louisa is convinced from the artist’s sketch in the paper that she’d seen the victim at the hotel.
Arthur is patronisingly scepti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409109587 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409109585 |
| Author: | Kenneth Cameron |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 134mm x 26mm |
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A fast-paced and exciting read * TELEGRAPH & ARGUS *A well-realised mystery that shows promise for future books in the series * SUNDAY BUSINESS POST *Louisa is a fascinating creation … Conan Doyle’s wife is a clever choice as the novel’s central character, embodying the fears and aspirations of women of the period, and the ingenious plot does not diminish the horrors she has to confront * SUNDAY TIMES *Clever and engrossing. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *[A] gripping tale of mass mayhem… The action builds to an enigmatic and harrowing resolution. * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *[A] gripping new historical thriller… Part historical fiction, part psychological thriller, Cameron’s work is all page-turner. * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
About The Author
Kenneth Cameron
Kenneth Cameron is the author of three novels featuring Denton, THE FRIGHTENED MAN, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL and THE SECOND WOMAN as well as of plays staged in Britain and the US, and the award-winning Africa on Film: Beyond Black and White. He lives part of the year in northern New York State and part in the southern US.
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