Spring of Hope

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

March, 1859. During an exhibition to showcase London's top engineers' plans to solve the 'Great Stink' of sewage from the River Thames, proceedings are disrupted by an agonised scream - and the discovery of a blood-soaked body. Charles Dickens is convinced of foul play, and once again he and Wilkie Collins set about uncovering the shocking truth.

Product details

• Authors: Cora Harrison, Harrison Cora
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780727850515
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-5051-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: A Gaslight Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, c 1800 to c 1900, Historical crime and mysteries, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives