Mind of a Killer

Description

Product ID:	9780727893987
Product Form:	Hardback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Series:	An Alec Lonsdale Victorian mystery
Title:	Mind of a Killer
Authors:	Author: Simon Beaufort
Page Count:	384
Subjects:	Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries
Description:	Select Guide Rating 1882. Following up a story about a fatal house fire, newspaper reporter Alec Lonsdale discovers that the victim''s death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant and steal part of his brain? Alec is about to uncover evidence of a shocking conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of Victorian society. *Newspaper reporter Alec Lonsdale discovers that a series of seemingly random murders may be connected in this absorbing historical mystery.* London, 1882. Alec Lonsdale, a young reporter on the Pall Mall Gazette, is working on a story about a fatal house fire. But the post-mortem on the victim produces shocking results: Patrick Donovan''s death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant and steal part of his brain? When a second body is discovered, its throat cut, and then a third, Lonsdale and his spirited female colleague, Hulda Friederichs, begin to uncover evidence of a conspiracy that reaches to the highest echelons of Victorian society.
Imprint Name:	Severn House
Publisher Name:	Canongate Books
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2018-08-31

Weight	492 g
Dimensions	222 × 178 × 30 mm