Murder by Lamplight (eBook)

Patrice McDonough (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
336 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4967-4638-2 (ISBN)

Infos

For fans of Andrea Penrose and Deanna Raybourn, and anyone who relishes riveting, well-researched historical fiction, this inventive and enthralling debut mystery set in Victorian London pairs the unconventional, trailblazing Dr. Julia Lewis with a traditional and skeptical police inspector, as they try to stop a wily serial killer whose vengeance has turned personal. November 1866: The grisly murder site in London's East End is thronged with onlookers. None of them expect the calmly efficient young woman among them to be a medical doctor, arrived to examine the corpse. Inspector Richard Tennant, overseeing the investigation, at first makes no effort to disguise his skepticism. But Dr. Julia Lewis is accustomed to such condescension . . . To study medicine, Julia had to leave Britain, where universities still bar their doors to women, and travel to America. She returned home to work in her grandfather's practiceand to find London in the grip of a devastating cholera epidemic. In four years, however, she has seen nothing quite like thisa local clergyman's body sexually mutilated and displayed in a manner that sheand Tennantboth suspect is personal. Days later, another body is found with links to the first, and Tennant calls in Dr. Lewis again. The murderer begins sending the police taunting letters and tantalizing cluesthough the trail leads in multiple directions, from London's music halls to its grim workhouses and dank sewers. Lewis and Tennant struggle to understand the killer's dark obsessions and motivations. But there is new urgency, for the doctor's role appears to have shifted from expert to target. And this killer is no impulsive monster, but a fiendishly calculating opponent, determined to see his plan through to its terrifying conclusion . . .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.2.2024
• Reihe/Serie: A Dr. Julia Lewis Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Dr. Julia Lewis Mystery
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: amateur sleuths • andrea penrose • Atmospheric • british mystery • british sexism • Cholera • cholera epidemic • Cozy Mystery • crime solving • crime solving duo • crime solving team • deanna raybourn • detective • Detective Inspector • expert to target • Female doctor • female heroines • female physician • female sleuth • first female doctor • Forensic Doctor • groundbreaking victorian women • historical fiction • historical murder • historical mystery • investigator to target • Jack the Ripper • lady doctor • literary mystery • London Mystery • medical education • medical mystery • medical school • Miss Scarlett • Miss Scarlett and the Duke • murdered clergyman • Murder Mystery • Mystery • nineteenth century London • partners in crime solving • Scotland Yard • serial killer • serial killer mystery • Sexism • SL • sleuth to target • Victorian • Victorian England • victorian england heroines • Victorian Era • Victorian era medicine • victorian era serial killer • victorian era sexism • Victorian London • Victorian mystery • women sleuths
• ISBN-10: 1-4967-4638-4 / 1496746384
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-4638-2 / 9781496746382