Devoured
by D. E. Meredith
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London in 1856 is gripped by a frightening obsession. The specimen collecting craze is growing. When Lady Bessingham is found murdered in her bedroom, surrounded by her vast collection of fossils and tribal masks, Adolphus Hatton and his morgue assistant Albert Roumonde are called in to examine the crime scene - and the body.
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Homicide, Murder, Criminal investigation, Fiction, Investigation, Forensic scientists, History, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Adolphus Hatton (Fictitious character), Albert Roumande (Fictitious character), Scientists, fiction, London (england), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Fiction, crime, Crime, fictionPlaces
England, London, London (England), BorneoTimes
1800-1950, 19th centuryShowing 7 featured editions. View all 7 editions?
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Devoured: A Thrilling Investigation at the Dawn of Forensic Science
2012, Allison & Busby, Limited
in English
074901282X 9780749012823
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Originally published London: Allison & Busby, 2012.
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When a glamorous woman is found murdered at the peak of London's mid-nineteenth-century craze for collecting unusual specimens, Adolphus Hatton and his morgue assistant uncover murders connected to a packet of seditious letters.
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