The Golden Crucible: A dark Edwardian mystery

By Jean Stubbs

Book Overview

This time it's personal for Inspector Lintott Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers...

What connects a society heiress, a renowned magician, a ruthless gangster and a missing girl...? London, 1906Inspector John Joseph Lintott is long since retired from the British police force.

But a chance encounter after a magician's show thrusts him into a web of secrets of lies.

And when his own dearly beloved wife becomes a target, Lintott is forced to get involved.

He follows a notorious American gangster to the bustling streets of San Francisco to recover a missing girl.

But will his personal vendetta get in the way of solving the case?

THE GOLDEN CRUCIBLE is the third crime thriller in a classic historical series, the Inspector Lintott Mysteries, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.

'Flair and panache, intelligent high spirits' - Financial Times

'Full of dash and dazzle; a tour-de-force' - Sunday Telegraph

'Jean Stubbs, cleverly and wittily, is making a successful speciality of the Victorian mystery romance.' - Book World

'A master storyteller' - Publishers Weekly

THE INSPECTOR LINTOTT MYSTERY SERIES
BOOK ONE: Dear Laura
BOOK TWO: The Painted Face
BOOK THREE: The Golden Crucible

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912786613
• ISBN13: 9781912786619
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Sapere Books
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"