Dickens of a crime
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Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the winter of 1835, young Charles Dickens is a journalist on the rise at the Evening Chronicle. Invited to dinner at the estate of the newspaper's co-editor, Charles is smitten with his boss's daughter, vivacious nineteen-year-old Kate Hogarth. They are having the best of times when a scream shatters the pleasant evening. Charles, Kate, and her father rush to the neighbors' home, where Miss Christiana Lugoson lies unconscious on the floor. By morning,...
Author
Series
Dickens of a crime volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
London, June 1835: In the interest of being a good neighbor, Charles checks in on Miss Haverstock, the elderly spinster who resides in the flat above his. But as the young journalist and his fiance Kate ascend the stairs, they are assaulted by the unmistakable smell of death. Upon entering the woman's quarters, they find her decomposing corpse propped up, adorned in a faded gown that looks like it could have been her wedding dress, had she been married....
Author
Series
Dickens of a crime volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Witnessing the fatal defenestration of neighbor Jacob Harley while caroling in 1835 London, young Charles Dickens and his fiancaee, Kate, disagree about the case's chief suspect, Emmanuel Screws, an unpleasant counting-house codger with a rather colorful imagination.
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Series
Dickens of a crime volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When his initiation into the Lightning Club takes a murderous turn, Charles Dickens is accused of the crime and is locked away in Newgate Prison where he must rely on his fiancé and her sleuthing skills to save him from the hangman's noose.
Author
Series
Dickens of a crime volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Attending a boarding school at the largess of Charles Dickens, three orphans known for their exploits in scavenging go missing from outside London along with a treasure map.