Bibliograph

The Black Country, Alex Grecian

Type

Label

The Black Country, Alex Grecian

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Black Country

Oclc number

829999607

Responsibility statement

Alex Grecian

Series statement

Scotland Yard's Murder Squad series, 2

Summary

The British Midlands is called the "Black Country" for a reason. Bad things happen there. It's 1890 and when members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village and a human eyeball turns up in a bird's nest, the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard's new Murder Squad. Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith respond, with no idea what they're about to get into. The villagers have intense, intertwined histories. And the village itself is slowly sinking into the mines beneath it. Not even the arrival of forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley seems to help. In fact, the more the three of them investigate, the more they realize they may never be allowed to leave

Target audience

adult

Classification