Historical Fiction
The Black Country
2013·507 pages
In 1890, Scotland Yard's Murder Squad investigates eerie disappearances in a sinking coal-mining village.
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In 1890, Scotland Yard's Murder Squad investigates eerie disappearances in a sinking coal-mining village.
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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 ...
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Graphic depictions of body parts and murder; central to the mystery plot.
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