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Last Nocturne

by M.J. Trow
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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 ...

  • Creators

  • Series

    Grand & Batchelor Victorian Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 1, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781448304929

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      • ISBN: 9781448304929
      • File size: 457 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      December 1, 2017
      London-based inquiry agents James Batchelor and Matthew Grand (The Angel, 2016) return in another keep-'em-guessing adventure set in the late 1870s. Matthew's sister is getting married in Maine, and Matthew asks James to go with him to the wedding. James is ready for a break, but what he thought would be a pleasant visit turns into a nightmare when, the night before the wedding, a maid is found dead, her head bashed in. The nearest police are in far-away Boston, so James and Matthew, as experienced detectives, decide they must carry out at least a preliminary investigation. But the situation goes from bad to worse when another murder takes place, the killer employing the same grisly method. The complex plot is gripping and more than a little chillingthough with agreeable flashes of subtle humor. Welshman Trow is a veteran of the historical-mystery genre, and he knows to mix period details and distinctive characters in just the right proportions.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

    • Booklist

      February 1, 2021
      Trow offers up another entertaining adventure in his entertaining Grand and Batchelor detective series. The duo's latest outing is set in the beau-monde world of 1870s London and has them engaged by the painter James Whistler to investigate how and why fellow artist John Ruskin has defaced Whistler's Last Nocturne in the Grosvenor Gallery. Grand and Batchelor aren't that interested in the case, but their attention is piqued by a series of murders in the Cremorne Gardens in which all of the victims were prostitutes who were poisoned. Along the way to finding a link between the two cases, the detectives must make sense of duels, s�ances, and ghosts, all in the process of encountering some of the most prominent (and quirkiest) artists and writers of the day. Grand and Batchelor's engaging, yin-and-yang partnership--augmented here by the presence of their new office assistant (and Grand's fianc�e), Lady Caroline--combines with the book's lickety-split plot and plenty of gentle humor to deliver a treat for historical-mystery readers.

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