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Spring of Hope (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780727850515)
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xWhen an exhibition featuring London's top engineers results in sudden, violent death, Victorian writer-sleuths Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens investigate.
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.
Author: Cora Harrison
ISBN-10: 0727850512
ISBN-13: 9780727850515
Publisher: Severn House
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 01/17/2022
Booklist 02/15/2022 pg. 26
"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.
Author: Cora Harrison
ISBN-10: 0727850512
ISBN-13: 9780727850515
Publisher: Severn House
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 01/17/2022
Booklist 02/15/2022 pg. 26
By Cora Harrison
xCora 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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