" Ruler of the Night sucks readers in and keeps them guessing as it steam-trains toward an exciting and perfectly satisfying climax ."
ruler of the night
The Final Installment In A Masterly-Crafted Series Of Victorian Murder Mysteries AVAILABLE TODAY !
Ruler of the Night is set in Victorian England during the Crimean War in 1855 . A respected gentleman is brutally murdered on a passenger train , creating a frenzy of fear among travelers embarking on this new mode of transportation . In the adjacent compartment are Thomas De Quincey , a brilliant author
David Morrell famous for writing about his addiction to opiates , and his twenty-two-year-old daughter , Emily , who serves as his caregiver . Together with two Scotland Yard detectives , they seek to solve the murder , but become immersed in a much deeper plot involving the Prime Minister , members of London ’ s high society , a German doctor accused of killing Czar Nicholas of Russia , and a
and his feisty daughter to life . De Quincey uses logic and clues in ways not common to police of the time , and his daughter ’ s knowledge of medicine gives them additional insights . Morrell vividly portrays the oddities and attitudes of the period , transporting readers to smoky Victorian London with all its grit , smells , and discomforts alongside the haughty opulence of its upper class .
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A Cleverly Haunting Ghost Story !
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" Ruler of the Night sucks readers in and keeps them guessing as it steam-trains toward an exciting and perfectly satisfying climax ."
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water-cure clinic on the outskirts of Abandoned in a mall food court London that panders to the wealthy . by her parents at age three Morrell ’ s extensive research into the life with a note that read , “ This child and times of Thomas De Quincey is possessed ,” now seventeen- brings this unusual man
year-old Anna Morgan has seen the inside of more foster homes and psychiatric institutions than McDonald ’ s .
The sad part is … it ’ s true .
Anna is possessed by the spirits of people who can ’ t cross over . She picks them up unintentionally , by touching something where they linger . Today , Anna ’ s carrying the spirit of Molly , a teen who ’ s been brutally murdered and wants her family to know what happened . But Molly ’ s grandfather believes that Anna ’ s a con artist . So Anna lets Molly take over the conversation . But when she does , she
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Rysa Walker players on both sides of a very dangerous game .
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