Bibliograph

Portrait of peril, a Victorian mystery, Laura Joh Rowland

Type

Label

Portrait of peril, a Victorian mystery, Laura Joh Rowland

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Portrait of peril

Oclc number

1228129082

Responsibility statement

Laura Joh Rowland

Series statement

Victorian mysteries

Sub title

a Victorian mystery

Summary

"London, October 1890. Crime scene photographer Sarah Bain is overjoyed to marry her beloved Detective Sergeant Barrett--but the wedding takes a sinister turn when the body of a stabbing victim is discovered in the crypt of the church. Not every newlywed couple begins their marriage with a murder investigation, but Sarah and Barrett, along with their friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly, take the case."--, Publisher's descriptionLondon, October 1890. Crime scene photographer Sarah Bain is marrying Detective Sergeant Barrett, but the wedding takes a sinister turn when the body of a stabbing victim is discovered in the crypt of the church. The dead man is Charles Firth, a "spirit photographer". When Sarah develops the photographs he took in the church, one shows a pale, blurred figure attacking Firth. A ghost? But the victim had plenty of enemies in the human world-- and the path to the truth leads into Sarah's own sordid family history. -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

Creator