The Stranger in the Asylum

London, April 1882. Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham have to journey to France to solve a mystery man's murder at an asylum. But the case takes an unexpected turn when they discover that the accused culprit has escaped. Soon the intrepid investigators are in over their heads with much greater and unexpected powers at play!

About the author

Alys Clare lives in the English countryside where her novels are set. She went to school in Tonbridge and later studied English and psychology at the University of Keele and archaeology at the University of Kent. She is the author of the Aelf Fen, Hawkenlye, World's End Bureau and Gabriel Taverner historical mystery series.

Product details

• Authors: Alys Clare, Clare Alys
• Publisher: Canongate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9781448314997
• ISBN: 978-1-4483-1499-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: A World’s End Bureau Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical mysteries, France, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, c 1800 to c 1900, Paris (City), Historical crime and mysteries, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Brittany