The Yard: Scotland Yard Murder Squad Book 1 - Brossura

Grecian, Alex

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0241958911 ISBN 13: 9780241958919

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2013

Riassunto

If you were fascinated by The Five, you'll love this gripping and atmospheric historical thriller set in Victorian London in the wake of Jack the Ripper.

A killer is haunting London's streets . . .

A year after Jack the Ripper claimed his last victim, London is in the grip of a wave of terror. The newly formed Murder Squad of Scotland Yard battles in vain against the tide of horror.

When the body of a detective is found in a suitcase, his lips sewn together and his eyes sewn shut, it becomes clear that no one is safe from attack.

Has the Ripper returned - or is a new killer at large?

And for Walter Day, the young policeman assigned the case, is time running out?

Praise for The Yard:

'If Charles Dickens isn't somewhere clapping his hands for this one, Wilkie Collins surely is.' New York Times

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Alex Grecian worked for an ad agency before returning to writing fiction full-time and raising his son. Alex is the author of the long-running and critically acclaimed comic-book series Proof, and the bestselling Scotland Yard Murder Squad series. He lives in Topeka, Kansas, with his wife and son.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

1889. One year on from Jack the Ripper,
a new killer stalks London's streets . . .

But he has not reckoned on Scotland Yard's newly formed Murder Squad and the team of new-recruit Walter Day and the world's first forensic pathologist, Dr Kingsley . . .

'Written with shocking clarity, shiver-inducingly creepy. A racy read . . . an exciting, juicy debut' Daily Express

'Luciously rich' Jeffrey Deaver

'Throw in deranged prostitutes, poisonings and throat slittings galore, amidst lashings of London fog. Gory, lurid and tons of guilty fun' Guardian

'A compelling whodunit and a cracking debut' Short List

'If Charles Dickens isn't somewhere clapping his hands for this one, Wilkie Collins surely is' New York Times

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0241958911
• ISBN 13: 9780241958919
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 592