The yard
Grecian, Alex2013
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Total copies: 1
London, 1889. The body of a policeman is found in a suitcase, his eyes and mouth sewn shut. A team of Scotland Yard's finest, including new recruit Walter Day, investigate the killing of one of their own. But the death toll has barely begun. If you were fascinated by The Five, you'll love this gripping and atmospheric historical thriller set in Victorian London in the wake of Jack the Ripper.A killer is haunting London's streets . . .A year after Jack the Ripper claimed his last victim, London is in the grip of a wave of terror. The newly formed Murder Squad of Scotland Yard battles in vain against the tide of horror.When the body of a detective is found in a suitcase, his lips sewn together and his eyes sewn shut, it becomes clear that no one is safe from attack. Has the Ripper returned - or is a new killer at large? And for Walter Day, the young policeman assigned the case, is time running out?Praise for The Yard:'If Charles Dickens isn't somewhere clapping his hands for this one, Wilkie Collins surely is.' New York Times
Main title:
The yard / Alex Grecian.
Author:
Grecian, Alex, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2013.
Collation:
582 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 2012.
ISBN:
9780241958919 (pbk)9780140590999 (ebook)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3607
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
256748