Nocturne With Gaslamps

A historical crime fiction novel set in Victorian London''s gaslit theatre scene, where ghosts lurk in the shadows and murder takes centre stage.

About the author

Matthew Francis is Professor Emeritus in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. He read English at Magdalene College, Cambridge University. He writes novels, short stories, and poetry collections. He has won the TLS / Blackwell's Prize for Poetry and the Southern Arts Literature Prize, and been shortlisted twice for the Forward Prize, twice for the Welsh Book of the Year Award and once for the Ted Hughes Award. In 2004, he was chosen as one of the Next Generation Poets. He is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy. Matthew lives with this wife in Aberystwyth, Wales where he enjoys playing chess, cooking and playing the ukulele.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Francis
• Publisher: Unbound
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9781915584236
• ISBN: 978-1-915584-23-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Historical mysteries, Central London, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Thriller / suspense, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Thriller: serial killers