Devoured
by D E Meredith
One of London’s first forensic detectives chases
a grisly killer in this stunning debut mystery rich in period detail and
sinister intrigue.
London in 1856 is gripped by a frightening
obsession. The specimen-collecting craze
is growing, and discoveries in far-off jungles are reshaping the known world in
terrible and unimaginable ways. The new theories of evolution threaten to
disrupt the fragile balance of power that keeps the chaotic city in order—a
disruption that many would do just about anything to prevent.
When the glamorous Lady Bessingham is found
murdered in her bedroom, surrounded by her vast collection of fossils and
tribal masks, Adolphus Hatton and his morgue assistant Albert Roumande are
called in to examine the crime scene—and the body. In the new and suspicious
world of forensics and autopsy examinations, Hatton and Roumande are the best.
But the crime scene is not confined to one room. In their efforts to help
Scotland Yard’s infamous Inspector Adams track down the Lady’s killer, Hatton
and Roumande uncover a trail of murders all connected to a packet of seditious
letters that, if published, would change the face of society and religion
irrevocably.
D.E. Meredith’s measured prose and eye for
exquisite detail moves seamlessly from the filthy docks on the Isle of Dogs to
the jungles of Borneo and the drawing rooms of London’s upper class. Her
slow-burning mystery builds to a shocking conclusion, consuming victims—and
Victorian London—as it goes.
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