The Secrets of the Lazarus Club

Oct 8, 2024 2:44 AM

Author:Tony Pollard

London, 1857

A series of mutilated corpses are pulled from the Thames. Young surgeon Dr George Phillips is first consulted, and then suspected, by baffled police.

The Lazarus Club

Meanwhile, a secret society meets. This gathering of the finest minds of the age - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin and others - wish to use their discoveries to change the world. . .

Murder and conspiracy

But there are those who use the club for their own mysterious and black ends. With his reputation and his life on the line, Dr Phillips must unmask the plotters before they unleash on an unsuspecting world an awesome scientific power. . .

Reviews

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—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph

The Book of Secrets is an action-packed thiller that will be enjoyed by Da Vinci Code addicts.

—— Birmingham Sunday Mercury

The story is an entertaining and intriguing one, written a little more intelligently than similar novels.

—— eurocrime.co.uk

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—— News of the World

Impossible to put down...Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story

—— The New York Times

Impossible to put down...Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story

—— Janet Maslin , The New York Times

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—— Los Angeles Times

So compelling that several times I came close to a cardiac arrest...As perfectly constructed as the Washington architecture it escorts us around

—— Sunday Express

A narrative that can grip you like a vice... As engaging a hero as you could wish for

—— Daily Mail

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—— News of the World

Compelling

—— Daily Mirror

There is no doubt that Crime is a page-turner

—— New Statesman

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