A fatal likeness Charles Maddox Series, Book 3

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWSWith The Solitary House, award-winning author Lynn Shepherd introduced readers to Charles Maddox, a brilliant private detective plying his trade on the gaslit streets of Dickensian London. Now, in this mesmerizing new novel of historical suspe...

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Main Author: Shepherd, Lynn
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: 2013.
Series:Charles Maddox.
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Summary:NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWSWith The Solitary House, award-winning author Lynn Shepherd introduced readers to Charles Maddox, a brilliant private detective plying his trade on the gaslit streets of Dickensian London. Now, in this mesmerizing new novel of historical suspense, a mystery strikes disturbingly close to home--and draws Maddox into a world of literary legends, tormented souls, and a legacy of terrible secrets. When his great-uncle, the master detective who schooled him in the science of "thief taking," is mysteriously stricken, Charles Maddox fears that the old man's breakdown may be directly related to the latest case he's been asked to undertake. Summoned to the home of a stuffy nobleman and his imperious wife, Charles finds his investigative services have been engaged by no less than the son of celebrated poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his famed widow, Mary, author of the gothic classic...
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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ISBN:9780345538673
Author Notes:Lynn Shepherd is the author of the award-winning Murder at Mansfield Park and The Solitary House . She studied English at Oxford and was a professional copywriter for more than a decade. She is currently at work on her next novel of historical suspense, Darkness Visible, which Delacorte will publish in 2014.