Thomas De Quincey mysteries | Gilpin County Public Library

1) Murder as a fine art

Author

Morrell, David

Series

Thomas De Quincey mysteries volume 1

Pub. Date

[2013]

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Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier. The blueprint for the killings seems to be De Quincey's essay "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts." Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined...

2) Inspector of the dead

Author

Morrell, David

Series

Thomas De Quincey mysteries volume 2

Pub. Date

2015

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"Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his Confessions of an Opium-Eater, confronts London's harrowing streets to thwart the assassination of Queen Victoria. The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The incompetence of British commanders causes the fall of the English government. The Empire teeters. Amid this crisis comes opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, one of the most notorious and brilliant personalities of Victorian England. Along with his irrepressible...

3) Ruler of the night

Author

Morrell, David

Series

Thomas De Quincey mysteries volume 3
Thomas de Quincy mystery volume 3
Thomas and Emily De Quincey

Pub. Date

2016.

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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Opium addict Thomas De Quincey and his irrepressible daughter Emily investigate the strangling of a lawyer in what is the first murder on an English train, and they uncover a dangerous secret that reaches the highest levels of British society.