The Incendiary's Trail (Macmillan New Writing) - Hardcover

McCreet, James

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9780230736276: The Incendiary's Trail (Macmillan New Writing)

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ISBN 10: 0230736270 ISBN 13: 9780230736276

Publisher: Macmillan New Writing, 2009

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Murder is rampant in Early Victorian London. Detective Inspector Newsome of the new Detective Force decides to recruit a recently-apprehended master criminal to help bring the culprits to justice. A polymath with a mysterious past, the man is no eager volunteer.

And when the ghastly murder of conjoined twins galvanizes the city, Newsome blackmails his prisoner – Noah Dyson, as he calls himself – into working with the Force’s finest: Sergeant George Williamson.

Unknown to the policemen, the criminal genius behind the murder shares a dark past with their new associate. It is not justice that is on Dyson’s mind, but retribution. As Williamson and Dyson together close the net, the murder-rate soars and the streets of London begin to burn. Ingeniously plotted and seething with grotesque characters, James McCreet’s striking debut will grip readers from its first dark pages.

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'Evoking gaslit streets and alleys where danger lurks, this is Victorian melodrama at its best.'

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The invention of murder . . .

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