by Lisa M. Lane
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_London, 1860._ Ten-year-old workhouse escapee Tommy Jones is accused of murdering his only friend, a stoker at the gasworks. When the assigned City Police Inspector falls ill, shy, intellectual Sergeant Cuthbert Slaughter is put on the case. As a second gasworks murder across the Thames is revealed, Slaughter must secretly collaborate with a rival detective to prevent a horrible injustice. Are the two deaths connected? If Tommy was not the killer, who wanted two stokers dead? A mysterious cl
Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery/Thriller
Tropes: Murder, Detective, Intrigue
ISBN: 9798989033751
279 pages
Published: 2026-03-06
Publisher: Grousable Books