Book 10 of my Charles Dickens Investigations series is now available on Kindle and in paperback.
Murder, forgery, coining, kidnapping, prostitution, a brutal gang of boys, fire, water, wooden dolls, elephants, the slums of Clerkenwell and Belle Isle, the workhouse, the sinister marshlands, lime kilns and Limehouse – these are the ingredients of the tenth investigation for Dickens and Jones. It’s dangerous and frightening. Jaggard has spies everywhere and he’s ruthless. But, in this case, so is Superintendent Jones.
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Dickens and Jones are investigating two different cases … but could they be linked?
London, 1851
With Superintendent Sam Jones away in Southampton on the trail of missing murderer Martin Jaggard, his wife, Elizabeth, enlists the help of Charles Dickens when her beloved servant, Posy, goes missing.
Meanwhile, Jones apprehends Jaggard’s mistress, Cora Davies, who is in possession of stolen jewels belonging to Jaggard’s murder victim, Sir William Pell.
But Jones is no closer to finding the man himself, so he returns to London where he believes Jaggard may be hiding.
Dickens and Jones discover that their separate cases both have links to Clerkenwell – a notorious haunt for criminals and forgers.
And when they suspect they are being followed, they realise Jaggard may be onto them.
Was Jaggard behind Posy’s abduction? Is the servant girl still alive?
Or will more victims be found dead in the mysterious Jaggard Case…?
Header image: William H. Prior, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
