Historias de Victorianmystery

Marie Leveque is dead. Her husband, Maxime pays a visit to renowned spiritualist, Lazare Lestrange in hope of contacting her. He realizes that his ghosts are much more human than they appear.

INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER * EDGAR WINNER OF THE MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD Be careful what you conjure... London, 1852. Genevieve Timmons has made her living posing as a spiritualist to swindle wealthy believers, until one misstep lands her in a jail cell awaiting the noose. Then a stranger, Mr. Lockhart, arrives to make her a peculiar offer. The lord he serves, Mr. Pemberton, has been grieving the mysterious death of his beautiful bride-to-be for six months. Although no foul play was ever uncovered, the young lord is convinced that she was murdered. If Genevieve can hold a séance to persuade him that his betrothed's spirit is at peace, Mr. Lockhart promises to have the charges against her dismissed and reward her with enough money to start a new life. But when Genevieve arrives at Somerset Park estate, she discovers that the handsome and aloof Mr. Pemberton is anything but the heartbroken lover she expected. Mr. Pemberton then approaches Genevieve with an offer of his own: together, they will stage a séance so convincing it will coax the killer out of the shadows. Attempting to play both sides until she can determine which plan holds the key to her freedom, Genevieve prepares to stage a haunting. But when ghoulish incidents begin to plague the manor, the dogged heroine realizes her tricks may not be required after all. Somerset and its residents are hiding many deadly secrets, and its ghosts could be all too real. Available as ebook/audiobook/paperback! https://a.co/d/8kO7Nef

In the squalid alleys of Victorian London, a series of gruesome murders targets the city's most vulnerable inhabitants-street urchins and beggars. Oliver Kane, determined to prove himself as a capable detective despite his father's notorious past, takes on the case. He soon discovers a sinister connection to a wealthy benefactor known for his philanthropic endeavors, leading him deeper into a world of darkness and corruption.

Secrets of Yesterday is a short story based in the same "world" as my novels. A story told by the main character, Sheriff Stephen Dawson, that takes place when he was a young Deputy. Couratine Island was just a quarantine station, but now a place for criminals. When a young girl vanishes, it is revealed that law enforcement has no jurisdiction on the island. This leaves the mystery to James to solve. However, his deep connection to the missing girl could prove dangerous for all those involved. Just how far will James go for vengeance?

Theodore Cuttle: half-educated, dubiously genteel, and an infamous rake and roustabout of East London, with uncertain habits and disreputable friends. But a fig for that, since he has lately put his talents to work in a new arena in this excitingly modern, technological Victorian age: a jockey of the shellac disc, he is one of the new young bucks who provide savage, passionate, fascinatingly rhythmical music, for the open-air ballrooms sprouting up all over old Europe and the new Americas. He is a deejay, a glamorous young punk, powered by rhythm, bass and steam. And a murder here and there, accompanied by the odd lovely young filly, well, that's just the vinegar on the jellied eels... Cover image by https://openclipart.org/user-detail/Firkin and https://openclipart.org/user-detail/j4p4n

Fellow sleuths. It's time once again to "exercise the little grey cells," as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot would say, with a Dickens Station Mini Mystery. You can easily read today's mystery in under 7 minutes, and the resolution in under 6 minutes. That leaves you 2 minutes for your deductions and hypotheses. Child's play. Is it not? So, test your "little grey cells" against mine with The Case of the Telltale Tiles, A Dickens Station 15-Minute Mystery.

Arabella Darley was brutally murdered. Young, beautiful, and the mistress of Balfefield Abbey, the violence of her death was matched only by the obscenity in which her naked body was elaborately posed for those who would find her. In a story that spans Ireland, England, and West Africa, as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth, journalist Clara Sullivan and Detective Inspector Reginald Keating are ordered to investigate this most barbaric of murders. It is a dangerous time and place for both. Will either uncover the truth? The whole truth?

"Blackwood Manor" is a tale of mystery and intrigue, centered around Calvin, a dark and brooding tutor, and Arabella, the sheltered heiress haunted by the loss of her father. As Calvin arrives at the ancient estate to tutor Arabella, strange occurrences begin to unfold, revealing the sinister secrets hidden within the manor's walls. Together, they navigate the darkness lurking in the shadows, uncovering the truth of Blackwood Manor's past while confronting the ghosts that haunt their present. With each twist and turn, they find themselves drawn closer together, their bond tested by the forces that seek to tear them apart. Ultimately, they must confront the darkness head-on, risking everything to uncover the truth and find redemption in the face of unimaginable evil.

Former detective Buchanan thought retirement meant leaving mysteries behind. Then an anonymous package appears on his doorstep. Inside is an old brass compass with a simple note: This is a gift for you, and may come in handy. The compass has only one extraordinary ability. Twice each day, it will answer a single question by pointing the way. When a wealthy widow's priceless sapphire necklace vanishes from a locked room, Buchanan is drawn into a case filled with hidden motives, careful lies, and suspects who all seem equally innocent. The compass can point him toward the truth-but it can never explain it. Every answer raises new questions, and every clue must still be uncovered the old-fashioned way. To solve the mystery, Buchanan will need more than magic. He'll need every lesson he learned during twenty-six years as a detective. Because even a magical compass cannot tell him whom to trust.

One masked ballroom. Two dead singers. Zero ways out.Inside the gilded walls of the Vienna Opera House, the elite gather in anonymity, hidden behind feathers, silk, and jewels. But tonight, the music ends in a scream. Ladyanne Marianna Bejewel Smith-the world's most celebrated operatic masquerade soprano-vanishes mid-performance, leaving behind nothing but a blood-splattered silver-and-ruby mask. Within hours, a twisted ransom note transforms an evening of luxury into a waking nightmare of kidnapping and ritualistic murder.Sir Richard Edward Grant and Lieutenant Smithers are thrust into an international web of deceit, forced to partner with the fastidious Hercule Poirot. As the fog rolls into the opera house, a claustrophobic horror takes root. The killer is still in the room, hidden behind a mask, mocking the detectives with every note played.This is a fair-play mystery where you hold the magnifying glass. Examine the physical evidence, dissect the monologues, and brave the psychological horror of a killer who transforms high art into high slaughter.

London, 1888. The fog blankets the narrow streets of Whitechapel, and fear carries the scent of fresh blood. Women are disappearing. The city whispers a name: Jack the Ripper. Elias Harrow is a detective marked by pain. His mother was one of the victims. Since then, he lives to hunt the killer. He sleeps little, drinks too much, and roams the midnight streets as if he were part of the darkness. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more it slips through the corners of his mind. Mysterious letters appear. Conflicting clues mislead him. And strangely, he is always... near the crimes. What happens when the greatest mystery you need to solve is inside yourself?