Shadow of Justice: The Collected Simon Pearce Mysteries, 1-4 - Brossura

Faraday, Jess

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ISBN 10: 1935560700 ISBN 13: 9781935560708

Casa editrice: Blind Eye Books, 2020

Riassunto

Constable Simon Pearce doesn’t believe in love. It’s a dangerous proposition for many people in 19th century London, but for an ambitious copper climbing Scotland Yard’s greasy career ladder, it’s out of the question.He doesn’t believe in monsters, either, though there seem to be a lot of them about. Whether it’s a ghost haunting a London churchyard where men seek men’s companionship, a phantom hound in Edinburgh that’s hell-bent on revenge, or a murdered businessman on a cross-country train who just won’t stay dead — the mysterious has a way of finding Pearce, whether he wants it to or not.But are these happenings truly supernatural? Or is something worse — something thoroughly human — to blame?Pearce has his theories — about crime, about monsters, and about love. But life has a way of testing even the most carefully considered ideas. And as he chases mysteries from one end of Britain to the other, he may just have to reconsider his ideas about all three.

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“How old did you say this mummy was?” Drummond asked.I said, “At least three thousand years. Why?”It was at that moment that I noticed the bandage-wrapped arm sticking out from the coffin. It wasn’t desiccated, as one might expect from some millennia-old artifact. In fact, beneath the bandages, the arm looked rather plump.“Well, to this copper’s eyes, this poor sod can’t be more than a day or so dead.”I knelt down beside the coffin and gestured for Drummond to help me. Together, we lifted off the gold coffin lid and set it to one side. It wasn’t just the arm. The entire mummy looked to be, well, fresh. I glanced at Drummond. He nodded sharply. The surrounding patrons gasped as I began to unroll the remarkably clean and new bandages from around the head of the corpse. Progress halted for a moment as the bandage stuck. Gently, I eased it away from the back of the head, where it had held fast. I touched the spot and drew my hand back quickly, suppressing a shudder. The back of the man’s skull was caved in. His hair was matted with a tacky substance that stuck to my fingers.That substance was not blood.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Blind Eye Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1935560700
• ISBN 13: 9781935560708
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 348
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile