The Welfare Of The Dead

Apr 24, 2025 10:11 AM

Author:Lee Jackson

'Her arms were bare and milky-white, her hands dainty and graceful; her smile as sweet as any I have ever seen. An awful shame...'

In the disreputable dance-halls and 'houses of accommodation' of 1870s London a boastful killer selects his prey.Are these random acts of malevolence or is there a connection between the terrible murders, a mysterious theft at the Abney Park Cemetery and a long-forgotten crime?Inspector Decimus Webb, newly promoted to the Detective Branch at Scotland Yard, must investigate, and quickly, to prevent another tragedy...

Taking readers through the dark alleys and gaslit parlours of nineteenth-century London, Lee Jackson's second Inspector Webb novel is a suspense-filled gothic mystery with the Victorian celebration of death at its morbid heart.

Reviews

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—— INDEPENDENT

A page-turner you won't want to put down

—— Time Out

A complex, utterly captivating story

—— Evening Standard

Scary...culminates in a nail-biting episode with overtones of The Day of the Jackal

—— Independent

Norway's finest crime writer... Nesbo clearly demonstrates his skill at executing expertly-crafted, well-paced thrillers that he sustains to the very end in a compelling fashion. As first novels go, The Redbreast and The Devil's Star are as accomplished as any reader is likely to experience

—— Daily Express

Exciting, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking

—— Daily Telegraph

A complicated story of passion, lost love, betrayal and murder

—— The Times

It requires some skilled plotting, but Nesbø brings it off, and Harry, with his quirky sense of humour, is a likeable hero despite his many flaws

—— Sunday Telegraph

Jo Nesbo has the skill to blend intriguing mysteries with genuine emotion

—— Mark Sanderson , Evening Standard

Nobody can delve into the dark, twisted mind of a murderer better than the Scandinavian thriller writer

—— Vogue

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