Dead Loss (Severn House Large Print) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Joan Lock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2007 | Series: Severn House Large Print

A new Victorian mystery featuring the popular Detective Best - After bombs explode in London, Best is sent to Paris, where Irish Americans are plotting their next 'outrage'. There, he encounters a gentleman who says he is helping the French save their plague-ridden vines. But is he who he claims to be? What happened in the blood-soaked railway compartment? And how does it connect with the fate of a young man who may have been lured by a heartrending advertisement in a daily newspaper?

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Victorian London suffers a series of devastating bomb attacks perpetrated by the Irish Fenians. Police Inspector Ernest Best is assigned to follow suspected Fenian terrorist Kevin O'Brien, but the job is boring and frustrating. Best finds himself diverted by a tragic appeal in the personals column of the newspaper--a young woman begs "F" (husband? lover? son?) to return and save her from destitution. Best is intrigued, although he suspects the woman's plea could be a scam. More bombings, a murder, a trip to Paris, a dead American, a missing millionaire, and a dangerous swindle all figure into either the woman's plight or the terrorist plot. The police procedural aspect of Lock's latest takes a backseat to her intriguing, meticulously researched descriptions of -nineteenth-century London; it's difficult to miss the chilling parallels between the Irish bombings in the 1880s and the London terrorist attacks of 2005. A solid and very readable addition to the Inspector Best series. Emily Melton
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About the Author

Ex-nurse and policewoman, Joan Lock is the author of eight non-fiction police/crime books. She has also written radio plays and documentaries and contributes regularly to Red Herrings, the Crime Writers' Association journal. She is married to a retired police officer and lives in London.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 316 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers (January 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727875590
• ISBN-13: 978-0727875594
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,694,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)