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    Death at Hungerford Stairs
    Murder By Ghostlight
    The Murder of Patience Brooke
    Audiobook series3 titles

    Charles Dickens Investigations Series

    Written by J.C. Briggs

    Narrated by Antony Ferguson

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    About this series

    Dickens has gone from private investigator to prime suspect . . .

    London, 1850

    Charles Dickens is in Manchester, performing at the Queen's Theatre with his acting group. But his career on the stage is cut short when a man is shot dead-on set. With Dickens himself caught with the gun in his hands, he is immediately arrested.

    Along with the help of his good friend Superintendent Sam Jones, Dickens must do all he can to find the real killer, before he is locked up for a crime he didn't commit. Can Dickens convince the authorities of his innocence? Will he unmask the true assassin?

    Or will there be another Murder by Ghostlight . . . ?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 26, 2019
    Death at Hungerford Stairs
    Murder By Ghostlight
    The Murder of Patience Brooke

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      The Murder of Patience Brooke
      The Murder of Patience Brooke

      The Murder of Patience Brooke

      J.C. Briggs
      4/5 - 3 ratings
      4/5 - 3 ratings

      A brutal murder in Victorian London forces a famous writer to solve the mystery . . . London, 1849 Charles Dickens has set up Urania Cottage as a sanctuary for fallen women. But he is shocked when the matron's assistant-Patience Brooke-is found hanging outside the property, covered in blood. Desperate to protect the reputation of the Home and to stop a scandal from spreading, Dickens takes the investigation into his own hands. With the help of his good friend, Superintendent Sam Jones of Bow Street, and a description of the suspect as "a man with a crooked face", Dickens's search takes him deep into the filthy slums of Victorian London. Can Dickens save his reputation? Will he find out the secrets of Patience Brooke's troubled past? Or will the killer strike again . . . ?

      A brutal murder in Victorian London forces a famous writer to solve the mystery . . . London, 1849 Charles Dickens has set up Urania Cottage as a sanctuary for fallen women. But he is shocked when the matron's assistant-Patience Brooke-is found hanging outside the property, covered in blood. Desperate to protect the reputation of the Home and to stop a scandal from spreading, Dickens takes the investigation into his own hands. With the help of his good friend, Superintendent Sam Jones of Bow Street, and a description of the suspect as "a man with a crooked face", Dickens's search takes him deep into the filthy slums of Victorian London. Can Dickens save his reputation? Will he find out the secrets of Patience Brooke's troubled past? Or will the killer strike again . . . ?

    • 2

      Death at Hungerford Stairs
      Death at Hungerford Stairs

      Death at Hungerford Stairs

      J.C. Briggs
      4/5 - 5 ratings
      4/5 - 5 ratings

      Boys are going missing from London's slums . . . London, 1849 When a boy is found drowned in the River Thames at Hungerford Stairs, novelist Charles Dickens and Superintendent Jones of Bow Street are mystified to discover that the child is not the missing youngster for whom they have been searching. As Dickens and Jones delve deeper into London's poverty-stricken backstreets, they stumble across two more bodies. A serial killer is on the loose. And Charles is terrified that someone close to him may be one of the victims. With a strange image of a mask sketched next to the corpses, could the murderer be leaving a trail for the detectives to follow . . . ? Or will the Death at Hungerford Stairs remain unsolved . . . ?

      Boys are going missing from London's slums . . . London, 1849 When a boy is found drowned in the River Thames at Hungerford Stairs, novelist Charles Dickens and Superintendent Jones of Bow Street are mystified to discover that the child is not the missing youngster for whom they have been searching. As Dickens and Jones delve deeper into London's poverty-stricken backstreets, they stumble across two more bodies. A serial killer is on the loose. And Charles is terrified that someone close to him may be one of the victims. With a strange image of a mask sketched next to the corpses, could the murderer be leaving a trail for the detectives to follow . . . ? Or will the Death at Hungerford Stairs remain unsolved . . . ?

    • 3

      Murder By Ghostlight
      Murder By Ghostlight

      Murder By Ghostlight

      J.C. Briggs
      4/5 - 2 ratings
      4/5 - 2 ratings

      Dickens has gone from private investigator to prime suspect . . . London, 1850 Charles Dickens is in Manchester, performing at the Queen's Theatre with his acting group. But his career on the stage is cut short when a man is shot dead-on set. With Dickens himself caught with the gun in his hands, he is immediately arrested. Along with the help of his good friend Superintendent Sam Jones, Dickens must do all he can to find the real killer, before he is locked up for a crime he didn't commit. Can Dickens convince the authorities of his innocence? Will he unmask the true assassin? Or will there be another Murder by Ghostlight . . . ?

      Dickens has gone from private investigator to prime suspect . . . London, 1850 Charles Dickens is in Manchester, performing at the Queen's Theatre with his acting group. But his career on the stage is cut short when a man is shot dead-on set. With Dickens himself caught with the gun in his hands, he is immediately arrested. Along with the help of his good friend Superintendent Sam Jones, Dickens must do all he can to find the real killer, before he is locked up for a crime he didn't commit. Can Dickens convince the authorities of his innocence? Will he unmask the true assassin? Or will there be another Murder by Ghostlight . . . ?

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