The Bedlam Detective

The Bedlam Detective

by StephenGallagher (Author)

Synopsis

Sir Owain Lancaster is either a madman or a monster... And Sebastian Becker's role in Bedlam as special investigator for the Master of Lunacy is to determine which is true. Sir Owain's sanity has been in question ever since a disastrous Amazonian adventure killed his family and colleagues. However, when two local children are found brutally slain, Lancaster claims that the same dark forces that devastated his expedition have followed him home...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Ebury Press (Fiction)
Published: 23 May 2013

ISBN 10: 0091950120
ISBN 13: 9780091950125
Book Overview: Sebastian Becker's adventures continue in another dark, chilling gothic thriller

Media Reviews
Only bad thing about his books is that they eventually end. Brilliant. * Jonny Lee Miller *
Stephen Gallagher shows the occult mystery in its best light * New York Times Book Review *
Perhaps the finest...British thriller writer * GQ *
Gallagher has quietly become Britain's finest popular novelist, working a dark seam between horror and the psychological thriller * Arena *
The finest British writer of bestselling popular fiction since le Carre... Gallagher, like le Carre, is a novelist whose themes seem to reflect something of the essence of our times, whose skill lies in embedding those themes in accessible plots * The Independent *
Author Bio
Stephen Gallagher is a novelist, screenwriter and director specialising in suspense. Born in Salford, Lancashire, his original TV/ film credits include: Chimera, Chiller,Bugs, Oktober, Crusoe for NBC, Eleventh Hour and The Forgotten; he's also written for long-term series including Doctor Who and Rosemary and Thyme.