Murder on High Holborn

Author: Susanna Gregory
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 0748121072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
Once again, Gregory brings to bear her extraordinary ability to paint a period picture of London in all its grimness and grittiness. Hats off to the lady! - Daily Mail --------------------------- The ninth adventure for Chaloner sees the Restoration London spy foil a conspiracy In 1665 England is facing war with the Dutch and the capital is awash with rumours of conspiracy and sedition. As an experienced investigator, Thomas Chaloner knows that there are very few grains of truth in the shifting sands of the rumour-mill, but the murder of Paul Ferine, a Groom of the Robes, in a brothel favoured by the elite of the Palace of White Hall makes him scent a whiff of genuine treason. As well as investigating the murder, Chaloner is charged with tracking down the leaders of a fanatical sect known as the Fifth Monarchists. As he comes to know more about the group and their meetings on High Holborn, he discovers a puzzling number of connections - to both Ferine's murder and those involved with the defence of the realm. Connections that he must disentangle before it is too late to save the country . . .

Murder in the East End

Author: Jennifer Ashley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593099370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
A new upstairs, downstairs Victorian murder mystery in the Kat Holloway series from the New York Times bestselling author of Death in Kew Gardens. When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London's Foundling Hospital are mysteriously disappearing and one of their nurses has been murdered, she can't turn away. She enlists the help of her charming and enigmatic confidant Daniel McAdam, who has ties to Scotland Yard, and Errol Fielding, a disreputable man from Daniel’s troubled past, to bring the killer to justice. Their investigation takes them from the grandeur of Mayfair to the slums of the East End, during which Kat learns more about Daniel and his circumstances than she ever could have imagined.

Top Marks for Murder

Author: Jay Raymond
Publisher: Foxrock Books
ISBN: 0951436821
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description

H. Res. 128, Condemning the Murder of Human Rights Lawyer Rosemary Nelson and Calling for the Protection of Defense Attorneys in Northern Ireland

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human rights workers
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description

Murder in St. Giles

Author: Ashley Gardner
Publisher: Jennifer Ashley
ISBN: 1946455237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description

The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of Wm. Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer, and His Accomplices

Author: John Thurtell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 590

Book Description

The Trial of Richard Patch for the Wilful Murder of Isaac Blight, at Rotherhithe, on the 23rd of September 1805

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 668

Book Description

Narrative of the murder of mr. Weare, at Gill's hill, near Aldenham

Author: William Weare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62

Book Description

A narrative of the ... murder of Mr. W. W. Containing the examination, ... the inquest, ... and other particulars ... collected from the best sources of intelligence, with anecdotes of Weare, Thurtell, Hunt ... and a full report of the trial ... Illustrated by engravings

Author: William WEARE
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Hampstead, Holburn & St Pancras

Author: Mark Aston
Publisher: Wharncliffe
ISBN: 1783408286
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
Read about crimes over the centuries in this historic area of London—includes photos and illustrations. In this collection of true crime stories, each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit, and pure malice in this corner of London. From crimes of passion to opportunistic killings and coldly premeditated acts of murder, the full spectrum of criminality is recounted, bringing to life the sinister history of this part of the capital over the last four hundred years. Included are tales of assassination, highway robbery, and duels, as well as the infamous case of Dr. Crippen in 1910 and the story of the last women to be hanged in Britain.