A Twist of Murder (A Dickens of a Crime)
Kensington
ISBN13:
9781496737977
$27.00
In Victorian England, aspiring author Charles Dickens is on the case againin pursuit of missing orphans, legendary treasure, and a cold-blooded killer in the latest installment of Heather Redmonds charming series that reimagines the famous writer as an amateur sleuth. 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 theyre missingas is, apparently, a treasure map. When Charles arrives at the school, hes 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 fiancée 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 . . .
- | Author: Heather Redmond
- | Publisher: Kensington
- | Publication Date: Oct 25, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 352 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 1496737970
- | ISBN-13: 9781496737977
- Author:
- Heather Redmond
- Publisher:
- Kensington
- Publication Date:
- Oct 25, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 352 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover/Fiction
- ISBN-10:
- 1496737970
- ISBN-13:
- 9781496737977