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Metropolitan Murder by Lee Jackson (2004)
Lee Jackson (aka L M Jackson) is an authority on Victorian
London and its social history. He has published several non-fiction books on
the subject as well as novels set in the era. He also maintains an associated website and blog (www.victorianlondon.org)
‘A Metropolitan Murder’ is the 1st in a trilogy of
novels featuring Police Inspector Decimus Webb who, in this volume,
investigates the murder of a woman on an underground train of the newly opened
Metropolitan Line. This puts the period of the book to be around the second
half of the 1860’s.
It is very well written and really brings to life London in
the mid-nineteenth century, with believable characters who help the plot along
at a good pace. Not a deep read but enjoyable.
If you fancy reading this, or the other two in the series
(‘The Welfare Of The Dead’ and ‘The Last Pleasure Garden’) please ignore the
poor reviews on Amazon and make your own mind up.
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