Spring of Hope (The Gaslight Mysteries, 4) - Hardcover

Harrison, Cora

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727850512 ISBN 13: 9780727850515

Verlag: Severn House, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

When an exhibition featuring London's top engineers results in sudden, violent death, Victorian writer-sleuths Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens investigate.

"Victorian whodunits don’t get much better than this" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review

March, 1859. After the 'Great Stink' of the previous summer when Parliament was overwhelmed by the stench of sewage from the River Thames, and with cholera running rife throughout the city, Charles Dickens has a new enthusiasm. Having formed a firm friendship with Joseph Bazalgette, he is assisting the ambitious young engineer in his efforts to find a solution to London's pollution problem.

Dickens' friend and fellow writer Wilkie Collins meanwhile is distracted by thoughts of his pretty new housekeeper and her charming daughter. But what does he really know of his new employee's past - and just who - or what - is making her so frightened?

During an exhibition to showcase London's top engineers' plans to solve the sewage issue, proceedings are disrupted by a high-pitched, agonised scream - and the discovery of a blood-soaked body; the result - it would appear - of a terrible accident. Dickens however is convinced of foul play, and once again he and Wilkie Collins set about uncovering the shocking truth.

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Cora Harrison turned to writing historical fiction after she retired from teaching to live on a farm near the Burren in the west of Ireland. As well as the Gaslight mysteries, she is the author of the Reverend Mother mysteries, and the 'Mara' series of Celtic mysteries, set in 16th century Ireland.

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"An inspired premise and compelling characters make the third in the series the best to date"Kirkus Reviews on Summer of Secrets "Superior plotting and characterization . Fans of Harrison's Burren mysteries will be pleased"Publishers Weekly on Winter of Despair "Vivid characters, authentic period details, and a constantly zigzagging plot"Booklist on Season of Darkness "The Victorian atmosphere is thick enough to cut with a knife. The real triumph is Harrison's Dickens: sublimely conceited, short-tempered, self-dramatizing, often bombastic"Kirkus Reviews on Season of Darkness CORA HARRISONSPRING OF HOPE March, 1859. After the 'Great Stink' of the previous summer when Parliament was overwhelmed by the stench of sewage from the River Thames, and with cholera running rife throughout the city, Charles Dickens has a new enthusiasm. Having formed a firm friendship with Joseph Bazalgette, he is assisting the ambitious young engineer in his efforts to find a solution to London's pollution problem. Dickens' friend and fellow writer Wilkie Collins meanwhile is distracted by thoughts of his pretty new housekeeper and her charming daughter. But what does he really know of his new employee's past - and just who - or what - is making her so frightened? During an exhibition to showcase Bazalgette's and other top engineers' plans to solve the sewage issue, proceedings are disrupted by a high-pitched, agonised scream - and the discovery of a bloodsoaked body; the result - it would appear - of a terrible accident. Dickens however is convinced of foul play, and once again he and Wilkie Collins set about uncovering the shocking truth.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Severn House
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0727850512
• ISBN 13: 9780727850515
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 215
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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