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Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (Lestrade, Bk 11)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand - Lestrade, Bk 11 Author:M. J. Trow The year is 1895, and a dead body is found on the last Liverpool Street in the London Underground Railway. Another is found at the Elephant in the morning, wedged between the seats like an old suitcase. And another had missed the late-night connection at Stockwell. — There is a maniac at large, and Inspector Sholto of Scotland Yard is detailed to... more » work with the Railway Police - something he needs about as much as a vivisection. The detective plunges through a tangled web of vicious deviants to solve a string of murders so heinous that every woman in London fears for her life." "As Lestrade tackles the case, many questions present themselves: Who is the legendary Blackfriars Dan? What are the secrets of the Seven Sisters? Whose body lies at Ealing? Will the London Transport System survive? Perhaps the most pressing, will Lestrade run out of steam?« less