The gripping first novel in Ann Granger's stunning historical crime series set in the heart of Victorian London
Lizzie MartinSéries
Cette série transporte les lecteurs dans le fascinant XIXe siècle, suivant une jeune héroïne courageuse qui se lance dans la résolution d'énigmes et de meurtres complexes. Découvrez son parcours à travers les intrigues et les secrets de cette époque. Chaque tome promet suspense, intrigues ingénieuses et un personnage prêt à affronter le mal.
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A Mortal Curiosity
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
The second novel in Ann Granger's wonderfully atmospheric Victorian mystery series. Lizzie Martin, lady's companion, has been sent from London to the New Forest to comfort a young woman whose baby has tragically died. A sad enough task, but things take an even darker turn when a rat-catcher is found murdered in the garden, and the young woman is discovered beside the body, crying and covered in blood. Not knowing where else to turn, Lizzie calls upon her friend Inspector Ben Ross from Scotland Yard to solve the horrific crime.
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Londres, 1867, le mal rôde dans les rues… Un soir d’octobre, alors que l’inspecteur Ben Ross de Scotland Yard rentre chez lui un samedi soir, le fog tourbillonne et l’enveloppe comme une bête vivante. Lorsque le brouillard se lève lendemain matin, une femme gît assassiné dans Green Park. Allegra Benedict était la belle épouse italienne d'un marchand d'art de Piccadilly. Mais qu'avait-elle été faire à Londres cet après-midi, et pourquoi avait-elle été vendre sa broche dans Burlington Arcade quelques heures avant sa mort ? Alors que Ben commence son enquête, son épouse Lizzie – avec l'aide de leur bonne Bessie – se penche sur la vie privée d'Allegra et découvre plus d'une raison pour laquelle quelqu'un pourrait vouloir sa mort…
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The fourth Victorian crime novel to feature Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie
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Inspector Ben Ross is summoned to Newgate Prison by James Wills, a man about to face the gallows, Ben is shocked to hear his account of a brutal murder that he witnessed on Putney Heath, sixteen years ago. Unable to halt Wills's execution, Ben is ordered to forget the matter and instead to investigate the abduction of a wealthy London gentleman's wife and child. Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie, and her maid Bessie take a trip to Somerset House followed by a cab ride to Putney Heath that convinces them that the testimony of the hanged man was true and a murderess is roaming free.
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The Dead Woman of Deptford
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
THE DEAD WOMAN OF DEPTFORD is the sixth Inspector Ben Ross mystery set in Victorian London by much-loved crime writer Ann Granger. On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found. Even Jeb Fisher, the local rag-and-bone man, swears he's seen nothing. Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie is trying to suppress a scandal: family friend Edgar Wellings has a gambling addiction and no means of repaying his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford, but when she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question. Edgar was the last man to see Mrs Clifford alive and he has good reason to want her dead, but Ben and Lizzie both know that a case like this is rarely as simple as it appears...
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The Murderer's Apprentice
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Dense fog masks foul play in the streets of London, as Ann Granger brings us her seventh Victorian mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie. It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant. Ben must establish who the victim is before he can find out how and why she came to be there. His enquiries lead him first to a bootmaker in Salisbury and then to a landowner in Yorkshire. Meanwhile, Ben's wife, Lizzie, aided by their eagle-eyed maid, Bessie, is investigating the mystery of a girl who is apparently being kept a prisoner in her own home. As Ben pursues an increasingly complex case, Lizzie reveals a vital piece of evidence that brings him one step closer to solving the crime... Praise for Ann Granger's crime novels: 'Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent' The Times 'Her usual impeccable plotting is fully in place' Good Book Guide 'A clever and lively book' Margaret Yorke 'This engrossing story looks like the start of a highly enjoyable series' Scotsman
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Na jaře roku 1871 doprovází Lizzie Rossová svou ctihodnou tetu Parryovou na ozdravné cestě k jižnímu pobřeží Anglie. Lizziein manžel Ben musí kvůli vyšetřování ve Scotland Yardu zůstat ve městě, a tak klade své ženě na srdce, aby na sebe dávala pozor a do ničeho se nezapletla. Když je však Lizzie spolu s tetičkou a dalšími hosty pozvána na večeři do sídla bohatého statkáře Sira Henryho Meagera, který je druhý den nalezen zastřelený ve vlastní posteli, je jasné, že Lizzie bude nakonec Benovu pomoc přece jen potřebovat. Společnými silami se totiž musí pokusit odhalit nejtemnější tajemství sira Henryho a dopadnout nemilosrdného vraha…
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Mizera z Limehouse
- 296pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Napínavý příběh v tradici té nejlepší anglické detektivky Píše se léto roku 1871, když inspektor Scotland Yardu Ben Ross navštíví Jacoba Jacobuse, nechvalně proslulého antikváře, přítele padouchů a policejního informátora. Ben doufá, že od něj získá informace o případných loupežích, k nimž by mohlo dojít, když se teď nejbohatší vrstvy společnosti vrátily na sezonu do Londýna. Netuší však, že k jedné troufalé krádeži již došlo – z toaletního stolku v sídle Roxbyů někdo odcizil smaragdový náhrdelník, rodinnou památku nevyčíslitelné hodnoty, a vdova Roxbyová požaduje jeho okamžité vrácení. Benův den se ještě zhorší, když ho a jeho ženu Lizzie večer zastihne zpráva, že byl Jacob Jacobus nalezen mrtvý ve svém pokoji s podříznutým hrdlem. Je možné, aby spolu tyto dva zločiny souvisely?
