Twist of Murder (eBook)

Heather Redmond (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
320 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4967-3798-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The acclaimed historical mystery series A Dickens of a Crime continues with a reimagining of Charles Dickens's classic Oliver Twist, filled with murder, mystery, and a young Dickens himself as the amateur sleuth. In other words, Please, can we have some more! Harrow-on-the-Hill, March 1836: In a sense, orphans Ollie, John, and Arthur have always been treasure hunters. The mudlarks have gone from a hardscrabble life scavenging the banks of the Thames for bits and bobs to becoming students at a boarding school outside of London, thanks to the kind and generous intercession of Charles Dickens. But now they're missingas is, apparently, a treasure map. When Charles arrives at the school, he's hit with another twistthe servant girl who was allegedly in possession of the map has been strangled in the icehouse. Unbeknownst to them on their spirited adventure, his young friends may be in mortal danger. Now Charles and his fiancee Kate Hogarth, who has come to join him in the search for the runaways, must artfully dodge false leads and red herrings to find the boys and the mapbefore X marks the spot of their graves . . .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.10.2022
• Reihe/Serie: A Dickens of a Crime
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: A Christmas Carol • amateur sleuth • Charles Dickens • Charles Dickens early life • England • female amateur sleuth • female detectives • female sleuth historical mystery • feminist historical mystery • Historical • historical murder mystery • historical mystery • International Mystery & Crime • journalist sleuth • literary figures • London • Mystery • nineteenth-century historical mystery • novelist sleuth • private investigator • private investigator mysteries • Samuel Pickwick • Victorian • Victorian England historical mystery • Victorian England sleuth • Victorian era historical mystery • Victorian female amateur sleuth • victorian historical mystery • Victorian London historical mystery • Victorian London sleuth • Victorian sleuth • wrongful imprisonment
• ISBN-10: 1-4967-3798-9 / 1496737989
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-3798-4 / 9781496737984