Winter of Despair

About the author

Cora Harrison turned to writing historical fiction after she retired from teaching to live on a farm near the Burren in the west of Ireland. As well as the Reverend Mother series, she is the author of the 'Mara' series of Celtic mysteries, set in sixteenth-century Ireland, and the new Gaslight mystery series set in Victorian London.

www.coraharrison.com

Summary

November, 1853. Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins are summoned to examine a body found in an attic studio, surrounded by a lacerated painting titled A Winter of Despair. Wilkie recognizes the victim as a friend of his brother Charley. What secrets lie among the close-knit group of Pre-Raphaelite painters who were the victim's friends?

Product details

• Authors: Cora Harrison, Harrison Cora
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781780291758
• ISBN: 978-1-78029-175-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: A Gaslight Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Crime, Historical mysteries, Central London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives