The Redemption Murders

By J.C. Briggs

A new murder case has fallen into the laps of Charles Dickens and Superintendent Jones Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian crime mysteries, A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield...

The sea gave up its dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds... London, 1851The Thames River Police are called to The Redemption, a ship docked at London's Blackwall Reach.

Louis Valentine, the ship's captain, has been stabbed to death.

With no murder weapon on site, and no signs of a robbery, the only clue is a copy of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop.

The book is not inscribed to Valentine but to someone called Kit.

When Charles Dickens realises his good friend Kit Penney is now a murder suspect, he is determined to clear his name.

But Kit has gone missing.

With the help of Superintendent Sam Jones, Dickens starts to investigate the troubled last journey of The Redemption.

It seems there was more than one suspicious death on board. But were they murders? And did the same person attack Captain Valentine?

Dickens and Jones begin a desperate search for Kit - and for the key to the dark secrets bound up in The Redemption...

The Redemption Murders is the sixth urban mystery in J. C. Briggs' literary historical series, the Charles Dickens investigations, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London.

The Charles Dickens Investigations Series:
BOOK ONE: The Murder of Patience Brooke
BOOK TWO: Death at Hungerford Stairs
BOOK THREE: Murder by Ghostlight
BOOK FOUR: The Quickening and the Dead
BOOK FIVE: At Midnight In Venice
BOOK SIX: The Redemption Murders
BOOK SEVEN: The Mystery of the Hawke Sapphires
BOOK EIGHT: The Chinese Puzzle
BOOK NINE: Summons to Murder
BOOK TEN: The Jaggard Case
BOOK ELEVEN: The Waxwork Man

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913518736
• ISBN13: 9781913518738
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Sapere Books
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"