The Price of Murder - (Sir John Fielding) by Bruce Alexander (Paperback)

About the Book

Sir John Fielding sends Jeremy into the notorious Seven Dials section of London to look into a woman's disappearance. Then a friend of Jeremy's mysteriously vanishes. "Outstanding."--"Library Journal."

Book Synopsis

Experience the dangerous intrigue of Georgian England in this novel in Bruce Alexander's acclaimed historical mystery series featuring Sir John Fielding.

When the body of a young girl is pulled from the Thames, blind magistrate Sir John Fielding's investigation leads his protégé, Jeremy Proctor, into the notorious Seven Dials section of London. There the sordid inclinations of both the working class and aristocracy may be found--and there, Jeremy learns that the girl's mother has disappeared near the racetrack. As he delves further into the mystery, he will begin to realize just how high the stakes are, and--when an acquaintance of his own suddenly vanishes--just how terribly steep the odds really are.

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Praise for The Price of Murder

"Alexander's got it all: a heroic central figure, a setting that both fascinates and appalls, and a gift for concocting plots that weave in and out of social classes. Also, unlike many writers in this genre, who lay on historical details with a trowel, Alexander brings Georgian England alive with facts fitting the acting. Alexander's detective is a real-life one...This fact-based device gives the novels a sort of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin feel."--Booklist (starred review)

"Enjoyable."--Publishers Weekly

"An outstanding historical."--Library Journal

More Praise for the Sir John Fielding Mysteries

"Bruce Alexander has mastered the uncommon knack of deftly capturing a period-perfect historical time without endangering the liveliness of the story with excessive detail."--Los Angeles Times

"History has a thrilling way of hitting home in Bruce Alexander's Georgian mysteries."--The New York Times

"Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle must be beaming down from literary heaven at Bruce Alexander's splendid series. [His] eye for period detail is sharp and subtle; he bring historic England back to life in layers."--Chicago Tribune

About the Author

Bruce Alexander is the pseudonym for a well-known journalist and author of fiction and nonfiction. He was the author of the Sir John Fielding historical mysteries, including Murder in Grub Street, which was named a notable book by the New York Times Book Review in 1995.