The Man in Black - A compelling, twisty historical crime novel

'A grisly period detective story.' The Times
London, 1850: The Dickensian streets grow darker by the day.
Private investigator Charles Maddox is surprised when he is approached by Edward Tulkinghorn for help. The feared and shadowy attorney offers Charles a handsome price he can't refuse to do some sleuthing for a client. Charles learns that Sir Julius Cremorne has been receiving threatening letters, and now Tulkinghorn wants him to find and stop whoever is responsible.
But what starts as a simple, open-and-shut case swiftly escalates into something bigger and much darker. As he cascades toward a collision with powerful forces, Charles will need all the assistance he can get...
The Man in Black takes a classic Charles Dickens novel and plummets readers into a newly reimagined and mysterious world. Fans of The Confessions of Frannie Langton and Stacey Halls will love this.
Previously published as The Solitary House.
Readers are loving The Man in Black:
'An intelligent and gripping post-modern crime novel. Beautifully written and cleverly plotted.' Lancashire Post

'You'll be guaranteed to enjoy.' Guardian
'This is a wonderful mystery...It has a dark Victorian tone, and is a gripping story. If you like literary historical mysteries, this is for you.' Reader Review
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About the author

Lynn Shepherd writes ‘literary mysteries’ - in other words, one part literary fiction to one part mystery, each time inspired either by a classic book or classic literary figures. The greats works that drive her books include Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, Charles Dicken’s Bleak House, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. After studying English at university she decided to combine her two greatest literary loves: classic English novels and a good detective fiction, and hasn’t put down her pen since.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Shepherd
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781804360286
• ISBN: 978-1-80436-028-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Detective Charles Maddox Detective Charles Maddox; Detective Charles Maddox
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical mysteries, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Alternative History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, FICTION / Gothic, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, FICTION / Noir, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives