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Lynn Shepherd’s first acclaimed novel of historical suspense, Murder at Mansfield Park, brilliantly reimagined the time of Jane Austen. Now, in this spellbinding new triumph, she introduces an unforgettable duo of detectives into the gaslit world of Dickens.   London, 1850. Charles Maddox... read more

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The young man at the desk puts down his pen and sits back in his chair. The fog has been thickening all afternoon, and whatever sun might once have shone is now sinking fast.

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Prologue
1. The Young Man
2. In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Chambers
3. Hester's Narrative
4. A New Lodger
5. Signs and Tokens
6. A Wintry Day and Nights
7. Hester's Narrative
8. A Morning Adventure
9. Bell Yard
10. A Discovery
11.Covering a Multitude of Sins
12.The Letter and the Answer
13. Hester's Narrative
14. Springing a Mine
15. A Struggle
16. Sharpshooters
17. The Track
18. Attorney and Client
19. Perspective
20. Hester's Narrative
21. Mr. Bucket
22. A Turn of the Screw
23. Closing In
24. Pursuit
25. The Appointed Time

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  1. Lynn Shepherd (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-345-53242-8
Page Count: 340

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  • Library of Congress: PR6119.H465S65
  • Dewey: 823.92

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