MYSTERY

The Angel

by M.J. Trow
Crème de la Crime: Severn House. Nov. 2016. 224p. ISBN 9781780290898. $28.99; ebk. ISBN 9781780108124. M
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England and the world are in mourning. It's June 1870, and Charles Dickens has been found dead at his summer home. George Sala, one of the Victorian era's great journalists, is convinced the author was murdered and hires enquiry agents Englishman James Batchelor and American Matthew Grand to investigate. In probing Dickens's life, the two private investigators discover he was not quite the upstanding gentleman many thought he was. Was he addicted to opium? Was he a cross-dresser? Did Dickens actually pen his masterpieces or use a ghost writer? Writing in the florid prose style of the period and incorporating historical events and people adds authenticity and verisimilitude to the action in Trow's latest series outing (after The Circle).
VERDICT This will attract devotees of Ed Gorman's series featuring Civil War
Reviewed by Viccy Kemp , Nov 01, 2016
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