Dead Born by Joan Lock
‘A gripping and satisfying murder mystery with an unguessable final twist’ - Mystery Women ‘[A] gripping Victorian mystery’- Publishers Weekly ‘Asking an historian to review a historical novel is asking for trouble – but Joan Lock’s book is something else. Her knowledge of London and its policing in the 19th century makes this into a very different kind of novel – one with an extremely realistic setting’- London Archive Users Forum When the bodies of a number of babies are found scattered around Islington, Detective Sergeant Best is sent undercover to lodge next door to a suspected baby farm. He shadows an alleged 'child dropper' onto a Thames pleasure steamer and finds himself caught up in Britain's worst civilian tragedy — the 1878 sinking of the Princess Alice — a horrific experience which will haunt Best forever. Meanwhile, his determination to avenge the death of a young girl he had befriended and save the life of another becomes a crusade.
"Gripping" "Publishers Weekly""
Ex-policewoman JOAN LOCK is the author of eight non-fiction books and two crime novels. She has been a regular contributor to the police press and the journal of the Crime Writers' Association. She has also written short stories, radio plays and radio documentaries. She lives in London
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780752464565 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752464566 |
| Title | Dead Born |
| Author | Joan Lock |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |