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The Incendiary's Trail

Murder is rampant in Early Victorian London. Detective Inspector Newsome of the new Detective Force decides to recruit a recently-apprehended master criminal to help bring the culprits to justice. A polymath with a mysterious past, the man is no eager volunteer.

And when the ghastly murder of conjoined twins galvanizes the city, Newsome blackmails his prisoner — Noah Dyson, as he calls himself — into working with the Force's finest: Sergeant George Williamson.

Unknown to the policemen, the criminal genius behind the murder shares a dark past with their new associate. It is not justice that is on Dyson's mind, but retribution. As Williamson and Dyson together close the net, the murder-rate soars and the streets of London begin to burn. Ingeniously plotted and seething with grotesque characters, James McCreet's striking debut will grip readers from its first dark pages.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 355
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-230-73627-6
  • EAN
  • 9780230736276
  • Genres
  • mystery, crime, thriller
  • Release date
  • 2009