Description
An evocative Victorian detective story full of clever twists.
Christmas Eve, 1888.
A mysterious stranger arrives in the small Herefordshire market town of Ledbury. He offers a solicitor, Anthony Midwinter, a generous sum to look after a package for him until spring, no questions asked.
The stranger warns that is must remain sealed or else the very stability of England will come under threat.
New Year’s Eve.
The Ledbury Lamplighters see out the year with a public ceremony extinguishing the town’s lamps, a local tradition.
A prominent local businessman is brutally murdered in full view of the revelers.
Detective Inspector Samuel Ravenscroft is reunited with his old friend and colleague, Constable Tom Crabb. They unravel a sequence of events that threatens the very political and social stability of the country.
Meanwhile, the man known as the Whitechapel Murderer, returns from exile to carry out one final assignment for his new masters . . .
Their most dangerous adventure yet.
Perfect for fans of M.R.C. Kasasian, E.S. Thomson, Oscar DeNuriel or Karen Charlton
Meet the Detective
Inspector Samuel Ravenscroft, unmarried and over forty, is a detective in the Whitechapel branch of the Metropolitan Police. Painfully asthmatic, he is overlooked by his superiors in favor of his pushier colleagues. But Ravenscroft wants to prove himself and strives to overcome his physical limitations. His tools are forthright questioning, close examination of the evidence and personal intuition. He often finds that the solutions to crimes are buried deep in the past.
With his trusty Bradshaw, Ravenscroft and his colleague Constable Tom Crabb travel around the Three Counties, overlooked by the Malvern Hills, bringing criminals to justice.
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