The Illusion of Murder
- 448pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Escapist fiction in the style of Jed Rubenfeld, ideal for enthusiasts of historical mystery novels.
Carol McCleary Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Carol McCleary è nata a Seoul, in Corea, e ha vissuto a Hong Kong, in Giappone e nelle Filippine prima di stabilirsi negli Stati Uniti. Ora vive a Cape Cod in una casa antica infestata dai fantasmi.
Paris 1889. The Alchemist is how I've come to think of him; he has a passion for the dark side of knowledge, mixing murder and madness with science. Nellie Bly - reporter, feminist and amateur detective - is in Paris on the trail of an enigmatic killer. The city is a dangerous place: an epidemic of Black Fever rages, anarchists plot to overthrow the government and a murderer preys on the prostitutes who haunt the streets of Montmartre. But it is also a city of culture, a magnet for artists and men of science and letters. Can the combined genius of Oscar Wilde, Jules Verne and Louis Pasteur help Nellie prove a match for Jack the Ripper?