LEADER 01615pam 2200157 a 4500
001 943215
005 20190426092822.0
008 190514s2016 nyu g 000 1 eng d
020 $a9780316323956 (pbk.) :$cNT$560
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
082 04$a813.54$222
100 1 $aMorrell, David,$d1943-$eauthor.
245 10$aInspector of the dead /$cDavid Morrell.
250 $aFirst Mulholland Books paperback edition.
260 $aNew York :$bMulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company,$c2016.
300 $a342, 11 p. ;$c21 cm.
490 1 $aA Thomas De Quincey mystery.
520 $aThomas De Quincey, infamous for his Confessions of an Opium-Eater, confronts London's harrowing streets to thwart the assassination of Queen Victoria. The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The incompetence of British commanders causes the fall of the English government. The Empire teeters. Amid this crisis comes opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, one of the most notorious and brilliant personalities of Victorian England. Along with his irrepressible daughter, Emily, and their Scotland Yard companions, Ryan and Becker, De Quincey finds himself confronted by an adversary who threatens the heart of the nation. This killer targets members of the upper echelons of British society, leaving with each corpsethe name of someone who previously attempted to kill Queen Victoria. The evidence indicates that the ultimate victim will be Victoria herself. As De Quincey and Emily race to protect the queen, they uncover long-buried secrets and the heartbreaking past of a man whose lust for revenge has destroyed his soul. Brilliantly merging historical fact with fiction, Inspector of the Dead is based on actual attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria.
600 10$aDe Quincey, Thomas,$d1785-1859$vFiction.
650 0$aMurder$xInvestigation$vFiction.
650 0$aSerial murderers$vFiction.
650 0$aFathers and daughters$vFiction.
651 0$aLondon (England)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century$xFiction.
830 0$aA Thomas De Quincey mystery.