Fatally Inferior: The Dunston Burnett Trilogy

By Lyn Squire

A diabolical tale of retribution cast against the greatest debate of its time.Darwin's theory of evolution is the fascinating background for this tragic story of seemingly unrelated events.

Award-winning author Lyn Squire has done it again with an extraordinary follow-up to Immortalised to Death. Set in Victorian England amidst the furor triggered by Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory, Fatally Inferior plunges Dunston Burnett, the series' unassuming but sometimes insightful amateur sleuth, into a cauldron churning with secrets and lies. An abduction -- the victim mysteriously vanishing from a locked-tight country house.A birth -- the newborn torn from its mother's arms. These seemingly independent incidents converge in a vile act of vengeance: a hellish torture for the victim; the perfect revenge for the perpetrator. Will Dunston ever be able to expose the heart of this dark, confounding mystery?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1685127835
• ISBN13: 9781685127831
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Level Best - Historia
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Twists and Turns till the End!

It is 1872 and Charles Darwin has published his theory of evolution, and now his daughter-in-law has been kidnapped. A maid has been summarily dismissed from the Darwin home. Fatally Inferior places Dunston Burnett, the series’ intuitive amateur sleuth, right in the middle of a messy mystery—an abduction from a locked house and a baby taken from its mom. These two things don’t seem connected at first, but they lead to a murderous revenge plot. This book has numerous twists and turns, and I enjoyed unraveling the mystery behind Henrietta's kidnapping and discovering who was behind it all. Surprising twists and turns till the end. Thank you to LibraryThing.com and Books Forward for a copy of this book.