Murder as a Fine Art

By David Morrell

Murder as a Fine Art - David Morrell
  • Release Date: 2013-05-07
  • Genre: Historical Mysteries
Score: 4
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From 84 Ratings

Description

A brilliant historical mystery series begins: in gaslit Victorian London, writer Thomas De Quincey must become a detective to clear his own name.

Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier.

The blueprint for the killings seems to be De Quincey's essay On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives.

In Murder as a Fine Art, David Morrell plucks De Quincey, Victorian London, and the Ratcliffe Highway murders from history. Fogbound streets become a battleground between a literary star and a brilliant murderer, whose lives are linked by secrets long buried but never forgotten.

Reviews

  • One of the finest examples of historical fiction in print

    5
    By cyclops.eyesonly
    This book starts off fast and doesn't let up until the end.
  • A lovely surprise

    5
    By Royjoyboy
    It was most enjoyable being carried back to London in the 1800s while becoming deeply involved in a historically accurate tale of horrendous deeds written with great Victorian Gothic élan. The novel was gripping and highly entertaining. Well done!
  • Classic Mystery!

    5
    By DrMcDougall
    London in the 1850s - there are murders afoot - eerily similar to murders that occurred many years ago - from a madman they say - that were never to happen again - truly historical fiction at its finest making it difficult to separate fact from fiction - so climb aboard the coach with Thomas De Quincy as your guide ( the real life basis for Sherlock himself) - Recommended highly!!!