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Sir owain has recently written a notorious book, purported to be an account of an illfated expedition somewhere in the region of the amazonian basin. The bedlam detective by stephen gallagher 9780307406651. A deliciously fastpaced romp through early twentieth century pop culture, the bedlam detective is a clever, respectful and obviously loving homage to the work of writers like wells and conan doyle thats both well written and ridiculously enjoyable. The bedlam detective by stephen gallagher mystery tribune. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Buy the bedlam detective by gallagher, stephen from amazons fiction books store. It is 1912 in england, and becker arrives in the village of arnmouth to visit sir owain lancaster s estate and determine whether the oncerich landowner may be responsible for the murder of two young girls. Born in salford, lancashire, his original tv film credits include.
The authentic william james is the third novel to feature expolice detective and former pinkerton man sebastian becker, joining the kingdom of bones and the bedlam detective. Im pretty sure stephen gallagher enjoyed every minute of the bedlam detective. Its called the bedlam detective, by author stephen gallagher, and it was just published earlier this year. The bedlam detective, by stephen gallagher books to the. Mystery scene if thrillerreading were a sin, stephen gallagher would be responsible for my ultimate damnation. Stephen gallagher is an english author of horror, crime and historical fiction books.
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