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The Yard

Pages
544
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1889 London, a new detective division is formed to investigate the city's most brutal crimes. When a series of gruesome murders plague the streets, Inspector Walter Day and his team must navigate the dark underbelly of Victorian society to catch a killer. This historical mystery plunges readers into a world of gaslight and shadows, where justice is a fragile concept.

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Alex Grecian

Alex Grecian is an American novelist and comic-book writer from Topeka, Kansas. He left a career in advertising to write fiction, debuting in 2012 with The Yard, the first in his Scotland Yard's Murder Squad series set among Victorian London detectives in the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders. The Yard was nominated for the Strand Award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel. Grecian also co-created the long-running graphic novel series Proof, named one of NPR's best books of the year....

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