The Secrets of Gaslight Lane
1st Edition
Published on 2. June 2016
400 pages
978-1-78185-974-2 (ISBN)
Description
Fresh, funny crime series for fans of Jasper Fforde and M.C. Beaton.
'Delightful and original... A series that could well become a cult' DAILY MAIL.
125 Gower Street, 1883.
All is quiet at 125 Gower Street. Sidney Grice is swotting up on the anatomical structure of human hair whilst his ward, March Middleton, sneaks upstairs for her eighth secret cigarette of the day. The house is, perhaps, too quiet.
So when a beautiful young woman turns up, imploring London's formost personal detective to solve the mystery of her father's murder, Grice can barely disguise his glee.
Mr Nathan Garstang was found slaughtered in his bed, with no trace of a weapon or intruder. A classic locked-room case... or is it?
Praise for THE SECRETS OF GASLIGHT LANE:
'So refreshing... These stand out in what is a heavily populated genre... Clever and beautifully written' CRIME REVIEW.
'Atmospheric writing, quirky characters, droll wit, and macabre touches. A treat for series fans' LIBRARY JOURNAL.
'Pure amusing enjoyment' NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE.
Read the whole series:
THE MANGLE STREET MURDERS
THE CURSE OF THE HOUSE OF FOSKETT
DEATH DESCENDS ON SATURN VILLA
THE SECRETS OF GASLIGHT LANE
DARK DAWN OVER STEEP HOUSE.
'Delightful and original... A series that could well become a cult' DAILY MAIL.
125 Gower Street, 1883.
All is quiet at 125 Gower Street. Sidney Grice is swotting up on the anatomical structure of human hair whilst his ward, March Middleton, sneaks upstairs for her eighth secret cigarette of the day. The house is, perhaps, too quiet.
So when a beautiful young woman turns up, imploring London's formost personal detective to solve the mystery of her father's murder, Grice can barely disguise his glee.
Mr Nathan Garstang was found slaughtered in his bed, with no trace of a weapon or intruder. A classic locked-room case... or is it?
Praise for THE SECRETS OF GASLIGHT LANE:
'So refreshing... These stand out in what is a heavily populated genre... Clever and beautifully written' CRIME REVIEW.
'Atmospheric writing, quirky characters, droll wit, and macabre touches. A treat for series fans' LIBRARY JOURNAL.
'Pure amusing enjoyment' NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE.
Read the whole series:
THE MANGLE STREET MURDERS
THE CURSE OF THE HOUSE OF FOSKETT
DEATH DESCENDS ON SATURN VILLA
THE SECRETS OF GASLIGHT LANE
DARK DAWN OVER STEEP HOUSE.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-78185-974-2 (9781781859742)
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Person
M.R.C. Kasasian was raised in Lancashire. He has had careers as varied as a factory hand, wine waiter, veterinary assistant, fairground worker and dentist. He is the author of the much loved Gower Street Detective series, five books featuring personal detective Sidney Grice and his ward March Middleton. The first book in his new series, Betty Church and the Suffolk Vampire, is set in a sleepy seaside town during World War II and is out this year. He lives with his wife, in Suffolk in the summer and in Malta in the winter.
Content
- Intro
- Welcome Page
- About The Secrets of Gaslight Lane
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Slaughter of Innocents
- Chapter 2: Over the Point
- Chapter 3: The Demons of the Night
- Chapter 4: The Sydenham Cyclops
- Chapter 5: Hezzuba Grebe and the Battle of Ruspina
- Chapter 6: The Old Wound and the Beast
- Chapter 7: The Nine
- Chapter 8: Gouging Eyes and Gauntlets
- Chapter 9: The Stone Sarcophagus
- Chapter 10: Widows' Weeds and Horses' Brains
- Chapter 11: Swallowing Keys and the Unsavoury Snood
- Chapter 12: The Mad Girl and Lord Alphreton's Son
- Chapter 13: The Stranger in the Parlour
- Chapter 14: The Man in the Meat Safe and the Elephant in the Park
- Chapter 15: Yellow Oceans and Pernicious Distillations
- Chapter 16: The Vertex of Vacuity and the Sleeping Journeyman
- Chapter 17: The Man Who was Not There
- Chapter 18: Noises in the Night
- Chapter 19: Flesh and Blood
- Chapter 20: The Staple and the Spikes
- Chapter 21: The Spare Room
- Chapter 22: The World Through Pale Glass
- Chapter 23: The Tyrant and the Mirror
- Chapter 24: Brian
- Chapter 25: The Lamp and the Lions
- Chapter 26: The Hook
- Chapter 27: The Chasm and the Scar
- Chapter 28: Beyond the Threshold
- Chapter 29: The Courtesan and the Mouse
- Chapter 30: Mutton and Mr Marwood
- Chapter 31: The First Demon
- Chapter 32: The Psalms and the Bamboo Rat
- Chapter 33: The Eyes of Death
- Chapter 34: The Axeman of Oxford Street
- Chapter 35: Crushed Flowers and Hearts
- Chapter 36: The Prince and the Patella
- Chapter 37: Trails and Snails
- Chapter 38: The Menace in the Mist
- Chapter 39: The Last Straw and Wicked Wicked Women
- Chapter 40: The Wages of Justice and the Burning of Bodies
- Chapter 41: The Man in the Shrubbery
- Chapter 42: Sarus Crane and the Caspian Sea
- Chapter 43: The Stationmaster, Whisky and the Rabid Cur
- Chapter 44: The Man Outside
- Chapter 45: The Conversion of Emergencies
- Chapter 46: Feet, Elbows and Liver
- Chapter 47: The Night of the Badger
- Chapter 48: The Eye of the Beholder
- Chapter 49: The Mathematics of Murder
- Chapter 50: Tracking Tigers
- Chapter 51: Moses and the Ape
- Chapter 52: The Gates of Hell
- Chapter 53: The Shadow of an Angel
- Chapter 54: The Name of Pathology
- Chapter 55: The Elgin Marbles and the Size of a Teardrop
- Chapter 56: The Pendulum and the Pit
- Chapter 57: Heaven and the Man in Black
- Chapter 58: Monkeys, Cats and Dragons
- Chapter 59: Calvary Swords and Limbo
- Chapter 60: Ghosts in the Window
- Chapter 61: Brandy, Gin and Naval Slang
- Chapter 62: The Price of Ink
- Chapter 63: Gypsy James and the Gentle Fist
- Chapter 64: The Outrage and Arthritis
- Chapter 65: Double Entry and Blocked Drains
- Chapter 66: The Storm of Stones
- Chapter 67: Ruffians and the Varnished Skull
- Chapter 68: The Pipe of Dreams
- Chapter 69: Snakes
- Chapter 70: The Dead File
- Chapter 71: The First State
- Chapter 72: The Lanes of Logic
- Chapter 73: The Empty Harness and the Black Maria
- Chapter 74: Dead Men's Dreams
- Chapter 75: Blood in the Gaslight
- Chapter 76: The Wounded Tiger
- Chapter 77: The Fallen Woman
- Chapter 78: The Price of a Life
- Chapter 79: The Lilac Finger
- Chapter 80: The Mary Murders
- Chapter 81: Walking in the Sky, Black Snow
- Chapter 82: The Bloodhound and the Beast
- Chapter 83: Ghosts, Ghouls and Demons
- Chapter 84: Catching the Scream
- Chapter 85: The Sound of the Devil
- Chapter 86: The Roar of the Demon
- Chapter 87: The Mattress Murder
- Chapter 88: The Deluge
- Chapter 89: The Cobweb and Cold Ashes
- Chapter 90: The Ocean of Fears
- Chapter 91: Pan Troglodytes
- Chapter 92: The Unexploded Bomb
- Chapter 93: The Possession of Corpses
- Chapter 94: The Snowman
- Chapter 95: The Viewing of Bodies
- Chapter 96: The Last Day
- Chapter 97: The Last of the Grices
- Chapter 98: Broken Glass
- Chapter 99: Characters and the Vixen
- Chapter 100: Clockwork Soldiers and the Three Eyes of Sidney Grice
- Chapter 101: His Last Bow
- Chapter 102: The Wants of Women
- Chapter 103: The Unity of Death
- Chapter 104: Judgment Day
- Chapter 105: Crumpets and Catmint
- Postscript
- About M.R.C. Kasasian
- About the Gower Street Detective Series
- An Invitation from the Publisher
- Copyright
