Winter at Death's Hotel - Hardcover

Cameron, Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1409132706 ISBN 13: 9781409132707

Publisher: Orion, 2012

Synopsis

New York, January 1896. Arthur Conan Doyle, the renowned creator of Sherlock Holmes, arrives at the Britannic Hotel with his wife, Louisa, ready to begin his first American tour. While he prepares his lectures, Louisa becomes mesmerised by this brash, vibrant, dangerous city, especially when a woman's brutally butchered corpse is found in a Bowery alley and Louisa is convinced from the artist's sketch in the paper that she'd seen the victim at the hotel.

Arthur is patronisingly sceptical about her womanly 'fantasies', but when she sprains her ankle and is forced to remain at the hotel while Arthur goes on tour, Louisa cannot resist pursuing her intuitions. And when more bodies start appearing, she's convinced that she holds the key to the killings. With the help of the hotel's hard-bitten detective and an ambitious female news reporter, Louisa starts to piece together a story of madness, murder and depravity - a story that leads inexorably back to the hotel itself, the strange story of its unique construction and a madman who is watching her every move.

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Review:

Louisa is a fascinating creation ... Conan Doyle's wife is a clever choice as the novel's central character, embodying the fears and aspirations of women of the period, and the ingenious plot does not diminish the horrors she has to confront (SUNDAY TIMES)

Book Description:

A big, period New York thriller featuring an unforgettable female sleuth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1409132706
• ISBN 13: 9781409132707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400