Questa serie immerge i lettori nel cuore di avvincenti misteri, seguendo casi intricati mentre vengono scoperte verità nascoste. Ogni puntata approfondisce le menti delle figure centrali, le cui abilità uniche e connessioni personali sono vitali per risolvere crimini complessi. Le narrazioni sono caratterizzate da trame ben costruite e un'atmosfera di suspense che ti tiene con il fiato sospeso fino alla fine. È una scelta avvincente per coloro che apprezzano le storie di detective classiche con un tocco contemporaneo.
William Avery, a down-at-heel junior officer in the Company's army, is sent to find him, in the unlikely company of the enigmatic and uncouth Jeremiah Blake. A more mismatched duo couldn't be imagined, but they must bury their differences as they are caught up in a search that turns up many unanswered questions and seems bound to end in failure.
Set in Calcutta during 1837, the narrative follows William Avery, a struggling junior officer in the East India Company, tasked with locating the missing Scottish author Xavier Mountstuart. Paired with the enigmatic Jeremiah Blake, their contrasting personalities create tension as they navigate a perilous search filled with mysteries and dangers. As Avery confronts the harsh realities of their quest, he discovers unsettling truths that challenge his beliefs and threaten his life, pushing him to confront the complexities of colonial India.
It's 1841, and three years after we left them at the close of The Strangler Vine, Blake and Avery are reunited in very different circumstances in London. There has been a series of dreadful murders in the slums of the printing district, which the police mysteriously refuse to investigate, and Blake and Avery must find the culprit before he kills again.
t's 1841, and something very strange is going on in the back streets of London. There has been a series of dreadful murders in the slums of the printing district, which the police mysteriously refuse to investigate, yet the culprit must be caught before he kills again. Three years after we left them at the close of The Strangler Vine, and in very different circumstances, Blake and Avery find themselves reunited in a race against time to find and stop the murderer.
For lovers of Sherlock, Shardlake and Ripper Street. A hugely enjoyable heart-pounding Victorian thriller- murder, a celebrity chef and a great detective double-act. 'Richly detailed and smartly plotted' S J Parris, Observer on The Printer's Coffin London, 1842. There has been a mysterious and horrible death at the Reform, London's newest and grandest gentleman's club. A death the club is desperate to hush up. Captain William Avery is persuaded to investigate, and soon discovers a web of rivalries and hatreds, both personal and political, simmering behind the club's handsome fa�ade-and in particular concerning its resident genius, Alexis Soyer, 'the Napoleon of food', a chef whose culinary brilliance is matched only by his talent for self-publicity. But Avery is distracted, for where his mentor and partner-in-crime Jeremiah Blake? And what if this first death was only a dress rehearsal for something far more sinister?
Wonderful . . . the whodunit plot takes in celebrity chefs, extraordinary cuisine, international diplomacy and and Victorian political shenanigans. The Devil's Feast proves to be a sumptuous treat. The Times