Victorian Mystery #06: Garden Of Sins

Victorian Mystery #06: Garden Of Sins
Laura Joh Rowland
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Hardback
h242 x 163mm - 304pg
11 Jan 2022 US
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9781643857947
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Award-winning author Laura Joh Rowland is back with the sixth in her critically acclaimed Victorian Mystery series in which Sarah must search for the killer of a woman she found murdered on a train all the while waiting for the verdict of her father' s trial for heinous crimes committed two decades earlier. London, November 1890. Crime scene photographer Sarah Bain Barrett faces a perfect storm of events. She and her husband Detective Sergeant Barrett are riding on a train that crashes. While rescuing other passengers, they find a woman who' s been strangled to death. Their search for her identity and her killer lead them to Cremorne Gardens, a seedy riverside pleasure park that' s a combination carnival, theater, freak show, and museum of oddities. It' s among the most challenging cases that Sarah, Barrett, and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O' Reilly have ever undertaken. The suspects include a dwarf, a female acrobat, and a member of the Royal Family. Due to the royal connection, the police commissioner declares the case top-secret. Sarah and company must investigate on the quiet, keeping the suspects, the press, and the public in the dark. That' s easier said than done. The investigation is complicated by the injury Hugh sustained during their last case, Mick' s romance with a woman who has psychic powers, and Barrett' s old flame. Meanwhile, Sarah' s father Benjamin Bain goes on trial for a rape and murder that happened more than two decades ago. The victim was a teenage girl named Ellen Casey. Is Benjamin Bain as innocent as he claims? Sarah has serious doubts. The trial is the scandal of the year, a media blitz. The outcome--and the truth about the murder on the train--are beyond Sarah' s wildest imaginings. What dangerous secrets are hidden behind the tawdry glamor of Cremorne Gardens? Is Benjamin Bain wrongly accused, or a guilty sinner who deserves to be hanged?

Victorian Mystery #01: A Study In Murder
Victorian Mystery #01: Ripper's Shadow, The: A Victorian Mystery - (not currently available)
Victorian Mystery #02: A Mortal Likeness - (not currently available)
#02: Sign Of Death, The
Victorian Mystery #03: Hangman's Secret, The - (not currently available)
#03: Mystery Of Albert E. Finch, The
#04: Woman In The Veil, The
#05: Portrait Of Peril
#06: Garden Of Sins

Praise for Garden of Sins: "Rowland' s portrait of Victorian London is so immersive . . . A Grand Guignol treat, dazzling and lurid. " -Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Victorian mysteries: "Gritty, imaginative, and full of nail-biting suspense. " -Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author "Laura Joh Rowland was able to bring Victorian England into such vivid life, and a story we all know into new relief. This is a fantastic read. " -Charles Finch, bestselling author of The Inheritance "A dark, seductive peek into the dangerous underbelly of Victorian London. " -C. S. Harris, bestselling author of the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries "Tense, pacy and compelling. " -Stephen Gallagher, critically acclaimed author of The Kingdom of Bones and The Bedlam Detective "Rowland knows just how to [put] a new twist on old tropes with her witty sleuth, while never sacrificing historical integrity. " -Library Journal starred review "The characters are beautifully drawn; the dialogue sparkles; the setting is vividly rendered. " -Booklist starred review "Rowland' s Victorian London is fascinating and her team of irregulars unmatched. " -Kirkus Reviews "Well-crafted. . . Rowland blends acute psychological observation and meticulous historical research to explore the conflicts faced by an independent woman in Victorian society. " -Publishers Weekly "A clever look at Victorian women' s norms as well as an entertaining murder mystery. " -Historical Novel Society "Attention to atmospheric detail, original characterizations, and escalating conflict. " -Strand Magazine "Impressively elegant and well crafted. . . A compelling and compulsive page turner of a read from cover to cover. " -Midwest Book Review "Rowland is good at designing strong tension and conflict scenes that keep the pages turning. " -New York Journal of Books
Laura Joh Rowland is the award-winning author of the samurai detective Sano Ichiro mystery series set in 17th century Japan, as well as a historical suspense series starring Charlotte Bronte. Her work has been published in 21 countries; nominated for the Anthony Award, the Hammett Prize, and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award; won RT Magazine' s Reader' s Choice Award; and been included in the Wall Street Journal' s list of the five best historical mystery novels. Laura holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan. She is a former aerospace scientist, a painter, and a cartoonist. She lives in New York City with her husband Marty.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781643857947
Published: 11 Jan 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 242mm
Width: 163mm
Pages: 304

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