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Grave expectations / Heather Redmond.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781496717160 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: viii, 310 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Kensington hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes reading group guide. |
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| Subject: | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 > Fiction. Dickens, Catherine, 1815-1879 > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. London (England) > History > 19th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Redmo | 31681010163467 | FICTION | Available | - |
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In a reimagining of Charles Dickensâ life, he and fiancée Kate Hogarth must solve the murder of a spinster wearing a wedding gown. - Baker & Taylor
Charles Dickens and his fiancâee Kate Hogarth must solve the murder of an elderly spinster who was found dead in her flat wearing a faded wedding gown. - Random House, Inc.
In this clever reimagining of Charles Dickensâs life, he and fiancée Kate Hogarth must solve the murder of a spinster wearing a wedding gown . . .
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London, June 1835: In the interest of being a good neighbor, Charles checks in on Miss Haverstock, the elderly spinster who resides in the flat above his. But as the young journalist and his fiancée Kate ascend the stairs, they are assaulted by the unmistakable smell of death. Upon entering the womanâs quarters, they find her decomposing corpse propped up, adorned in a faded gown that looks like it could have been her wedding dress, had she been married. A murderer has set the stage. But to what purpose?
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As news of an escaped convict from Coldbath Fields reaches the couple, Charles reasonably expects the prisoner, Ned Blood, may be responsible. But Kate suspects more personal motives, given the time and effort in dressing the victim. When a local blacksmith is found with cut manacles in his shop and arrested, his distraught wife begs Charles and Kate to help. At the inquest, they are surprised to meet Miss Haverstockâs cold and haughty foster daughter, shadowed by her miserably besotted companion. Secrets shrouded by the old womanâs past may hold the answers to this web of mystery. But Charles and Kate will have to risk their lives to unveil the truth . . .
