
Last Nocturne
by M.J. Trow
Title:
Last Nocturne
Author:
M.J. Trow
Series (if any):
A Grand & Batchelor Victorian Mystery
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
Canongate Books
ISBN-13:
9781780297545
EAN:
9781780297545
Publication Date:
24/02/2022
Classifications:
Crime and Mystery
Weight (g):
432
Dimensions (mm):
187 x 239 x 18
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Private detectives Grand & Batchelor''s latest case draws them into the arcane world of high art and high society in this compelling Victorian mystery.London. May, 1878. Private enquiry agents Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have been hired by the artist James Whistler to dig into the past of outspoken critic John Ruskin, with whom he has an ongoing feud. Not particularly optimistic of success, the two detectives are sidetracked from the investigation by the murder of a prostitute in nearby Cremorne Gardens. Her body posed on a park bench, a book on birth control sitting on her lap, Clara Jenkins is not the first young woman to have met a similarly grisly fate - and she won''t be the last.Could there be a connection between the Cremorne killer and their art world case? With the investigation heading nowhere fast, Grand comes up with a decidedly unorthodox plan to ensnare the killer. But even the best-laid plans have a nasty habit of going catastrophically awry ...























