Lost and Gone Forever (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad)

Author: Grecian, Alex

Edition: 1st Edition

Number Of Pages: 384

Details:

Many changes have happened to the Murder Squad. Rash actions have cost Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith his job, and in response he has set up his own private detective agency. Inspector Walter Day has been missing for a year, and no one knows where he is—though there is a strong suspicion that Saucy Jack has him. Hammersmith has made finding Day his primary case, and he has company—a pair of bounty hunters, a man and a woman. It is only gradually that he has come to realize that they are not what they seem . . .

Reviews:

Praise for LOST AND GONE FOREVER  

“…completely engrossing… fans of the series will bask in the Victorian atmosphere.”

— Booklist

“Jack the Ripper meets his psychopathic equal in this macabre tale of late Victorian England… in this fifth installment about the hunt for England's most famous serial killer… you're in for quite a ride.”

— Kirkus Reviews

“The gritty descriptions of Victorian London are a major highlight of the series, making this a solid choice for fans of the time period.” 

— Library Journal"Filled with thrill and suspense from the beginning to the end, this book is highly recommended!" —Mystery Tribune

Praise for Alex Grecian

“ The Devil’s Workshop is a historical thriller that moves quickly and surely, bringing Jack the Ripper back from the realm of nightmare to the streets of London. Saucy Jack may be one of the most disturbing characters ever written on the page—again.”

— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  

“In The Harvest Man, Grecian brings his graphic and dramatic skills to bear in a harrowing psychological drama, narrated with a visual accuracy that is the stuff of nightmares. Prepare yourself for a compelling mix of psychological thriller and historical mystery.”

— Booklist (starred review)  

“Grecian is skilled at creating menacing villains and sympathetic secondary characters. The nonstop action (in The Harvest Man) would make for a strong BBC America series.”

— Library Journal  

“Grecian has a remarkable way of pulling the reader in and down, into the swirling dark. We emerge from this tale dazed and awed.”

— The Huffington Post

About the Author:

Alex Grecian worked for an ad agency before returning to writing fiction full-time and raising his son. He is the author of the critically acclaimed graphic novel series Proof and Rasputin, and is the author of five Murder Squad novels. He lives in Topeka, Kansas, with his wife and son. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof*** Copyright © 2016 Alex Greican     “Peter?” Anna could hear how frightened she sounded, her voice echoing back to her from the flat face of a curio cabinet that blocked the narrow path. She stood still and listened, but there came no answering cry from her brother. She called his name again, louder this time, but with the same result. Or, rather, the same lack of result. “Perhaps,” she thought, “if I were to climb to the top of that curio, I would be able to see quite far along the path.” She approached the hulking cabinet and opened the doors at the bottom. There was nothing inside. She slid open a drawer and pulled it out, set it beside her on the grass. She pulled herself up, hanging on tight to the knurled trim along the side, and used the empty slot where the drawer had been as a toe-hold. Once begun, the climb was easy, shelves positioned at convenient intervals as if it had all been purposefully fashioned for small children to scale. At the top was an elegant pointed facade and she clung to it and crouched low, willing herself not to look back down at the ground. “I am not really so high up, after all,” she thought. “Were I to fall, I might not break my arms and legs.” But this thought was not so comforting as she had felt it would be. She looked ahead of her up the path, which wound around a dining set and through a great herd of French desk chairs, disappearing at the juncture...

EAN: 9780399176104

Release Date: 17-05-2016

Languages: English

Item Note: Great shape- pages are unmarked and sharp.Has a remainder mark. Hardcover Used - Like New Ships fast! 20161st Edition

Item Condition: UsedLikeNew

Binding: Hardcover