Murder in the Mist - (Gaslight Mystery) by Cora Harrison (Hardcover)

About the Book

Wilkie Collins is looking forward to spending Christmas at Gads Hill, Charles Dickens' Kentish country home, but the festivities are cut short when a body is found on the marshland. Timmy O'Connor was invited to the gathering with his four nephews after a chance encounter with Dickens, but is now dead. Who was this unpleasant stranger?

Book Synopsis

Tis the season of goodwill, and Dickens extends the hand of friendship to a stranded stranger and his nephews for Christmas, with deadly consequences . . .

"The ingenious solution to the mystery makes this the series' best entry yet. Victorian whodunit fans are in for a treat" Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Wilkie Collins is looking forward to spending Christmas at Gads Hill, Charles Dickens' Kentish country home, but the festivities are cut short when a body is found on the snowy marshland. Timmy O'Connor was invited to the gathering with his four nephews after a chance encounter with Dickens, but is now dead.

Dickens is convinced the murderer is one of the convicts from a nearby prison ship, but Collins is not so sure. Who was this mysterious and unpleasant stranger from Cork who turned Christmas cheer to fear? With the convicts, guests and even Timmy's nephews under suspicion, there is no shortage of suspects for such a violent act, but which one of them is a cold-blooded killer?

Review Quotes

Entertaining, atmospheric . . . [A] dark tale of cruelty, greed, and revenge-- "Booklist"

The ingenious solution to the mystery makes this the series' best entry yet. Victorian whodunit fans are in for a treat-- "Publishers Weekly Starred Review"

A period mystery bolstered by an exciting mix of imagination and historical truth-- "Kirkus Reviews on Spring of Hope"

A surprising conclusion, coupled with vivid characters, authentic period details, and a constantly zigzagging plot, makes this a good choice for fans of historical murder mysteries-- "Booklist on Season of Darkness"

An inspired premise and compelling characters make the third in this series the best to date-- "Kirkus Reviews on Summer of Secrets"

Cleverly plotted, deftly written, with vivid characters, rich period ambience, and gentle humor, Harrison's latest is sure to please fans of historical mysteries-- "Booklist on Spring of Hope"

Subtle humor, period ambience, skulduggery, larger-than-life characters, a clever plot, and a satisfying ending-- "Booklist on Summer of Secrets"

Superior plotting and characterization ... Fans of Harrison's Burren mysteries will be pleased-- "Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Winter of Despair"

The Victorian atmosphere is thick enough to cut with a knife. The real triumph is Harrison's Dickens: sublimely conceited, short-tempered, self-dramatizing, often bombastic-- "Kirkus Reviews on Season of Darkness"

Victorian whodunits don't get much better than this-- "Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Spring of Hope"

About the Author

Cora Harrison turned to writing historical fiction after she retired from teaching to live on a farm near the Burren in the west of Ireland. As well as the Gaslight mysteries, she is the author of the Reverend Mother mysteries, and the Mara series of Celtic mysteries, set in 16th century Ireland.