The Bedlam Detective: a novel
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Sebastian Becker mysteries volume 2.
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Madmen see monsters - and monsters hide in plain sight From a basement office in London's notorious Bethlehem Hospital, Sebastian Becker investigates wealthy eccentrics whose dubious mental health may render them unable to manage their own affairs. His interview with rich landowner Sir Owain Lancaster, whose sanity has been in question since a disastrous scientific adventure in the Amazon killed his family and colleagues, coincides with the disappearance of two young local girls. When the children are found slain, Lancaster claims that the same dark forces that devastated his family have followed him home. It is not the first time that children have come to harm in his rural countryside town, though few are willing to speak of incidents from the past. Becker must determine whether this mad nobleman is insane and a murderer, or if some even more sinister agency is at work. Struggling on his small salary, and with unexpected help from a son who needs special care, Becker and his wife make sacrifices so Becker can stay on the case after an innocent man is convicted of the crime. The answers he seeks may be found with the assistance of the local investigator and a young suffragette who fled Arnmouth, but couldn't flee the horrors she encountered there. From dank asylums to the lush and treacherous Amazon, through the makeshift studios of the early film industry and a traveling fair of freaks and illusions, Sebastian Becker's search for answers brings him face to face with madmen and monsters, both imagined and real. Confronting immense danger in his hunt for the truth, he will explore murder, tragedy, and the tempestuous depths of his own mind.
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Detective and mystery stories, English
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Horror
Investigation
Murder
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Mystery
Private investigators
Private investigators -- England -- Fiction
Rich people
Rich people -- England -- Fiction
Suspense
Suspense fiction, English
Detective and mystery stories, English
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Horror
Investigation
Murder
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Mystery
Private investigators
Private investigators -- England -- Fiction
Rich people
Rich people -- England -- Fiction
Suspense
Suspense fiction, English
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9781611206661
9780307952783
9780307952783
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Madmen may see monsters – but some monsters hide in plain sight From a basement office in London's notorious Bethlehem Hospital, former policeman and Pinkerton agent, Sebastian Becker investigates those whose dubious mental health may render them unfit to manage their own affairs. When Becker is sent to interview wealthy landowner Sir Owain Lancaster, he claims that the same dark creatures who killed his family and colleagues in the Amazon have followed him home and are responsible for the deaths of two local young girls. It is not the first time that children have come to harm in his rural countryside town, though few are willing to speak of incidents from the past. Becker must determine whether this mad nobleman is insane and possibly a murderer, or if something more sinister is at work. From dank asylums to the lush and treacherous Amazon, through the makeshift studios of the early film industry and a traveling fair of freaks and illusions, Sebastian Becker's search for answers brings him face to face with madmen and monsters, both imagined and real. |
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Audiobooks Detective and mystery stories, English Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction Private investigators -- England -- Fiction Rich people -- England -- Fiction Suspense fiction, English |
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title_display | The Bedlam Detective | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bedlam Detective A Novel The bedlam detective [sound recording] : a novel / Stephen Gallagher |
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Audiobooks Detective and mystery stories, English Eccentrics and eccentricities Fiction Historical Fiction Horror Investigation Murder Mystery Private investigators Rich people Suspense Suspense fiction, English |