The Frightened Man: Denton Mystery Book 1 (Denton Mystery 1)

by KennethCameron (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $6.10

  Veteran of the American Civil War, failed husband, ex-lawman now turned novelist, Denton is an uncomfortable outsider in class-ridden turn-of-the-century England. But he is about to be plunged into the dark heart of a society where privilege and propriety hide unspeakable horrors. When a seeming madman turns up at his door declaring he has just seen Jack the Ripper, Denton dismisses his lurid ravings as the syptoms of sexual dementia. But when a prostitute's horribly mutilated body is discovered that night in the Minories, Denton suspects there is a connection between the two events. While the police investigation grinds towards a seemingly preordained conclusion, Denton becomes obsessed with finding out who Stella Minter really was and who killed her - a search that leads him by degrees into London's grim sexual underbelly, and to an uncomfortable confrontation with his own desires.

• Used

  Paperback
  2009

  $3.44

  London 1900. Meet Denton - novelist, outsider, amateur sleuth.

  When a clearly disturbed man shows up one evening saying he has just seen Jack the Ripper, Denton dismisses him as a fantasist or a sensation-seeker. But the same night, the mutilated body of a teenage prostitute is found. Could the two events be connected?

  While the police investigation grinds to a halt, Denton becomes obsessed with finding out who the victim really was and who killed her. As he doggedly pursues the truth, his search leads him into the darkest underbelly of London. And an encounter with a remarkable woman leads him to confront his own demons.

  Don't miss the other books in the gripping Denton Mystery Series:
  1. The Frightened Man
  2. The Bohemian Girl
  3. The Second Woman
  4. The Haunted Martyr
  5. The Backward Boy
  6. The Past Master
  7. The Oxford Fellow

  If you're looking for a gripping historical crime series look no further than the Denton Murder Mysteries.