Murder in Grub Street (Sir John Fielding)

Product Description

The crime appeared as easily solved as it was wicked. A Grub Street printer, his family, and two apprentices brutally murdered in their sleep. A locked building. And at the scene, a raving mad poet brandishing a bloody axe. Surely the culprit had been found, and justice would be swift and severe.

But to Sir John Fielding, justice was more than finding a culprit-it was finding the truth. Aided by thirteen-year-old Jeremy Proctor, Fielding decided to investigate further. And the truth behind the Grub Street massacre was more evil-and more deadly-than the dastardly crime itself.

From Scientific American

A wealth of political and religious intrigue in a story so suspenseful it ends all too soon. Seldom have the color, rhythm, and sounds of London street life in the mid-18th century been made to seem so realistic.

About the Author

Bruce Alexander is the pseudonym for a well-known author of fiction and non-fiction. The previous books in this series are
Blind Justice, Murder in Grub Street (Named by
The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book in 1995),
Watery Grave, Person or Persons Unknown (named by the
Chicago Tribune as one of the best novels of 1997),
Jack, Knave and Fool, and
Death of a Colonial.