Devoured
A Hatton and Roumande Mystery by D. E. Meredith
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Selected reviews of other mysteries by this author …
The Devil's Ribbon
Minotaur Books (Hardcover), October 2011
ISBN-13: 9780312557690; ISBN-10: 0312557698
Location(s) referenced in Devoured: London, England
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Devoured by D. E. Meredith
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-312-55768-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-55768-3
Publication Date: November 2010
List Price: $24.99
Synopsis (from the publisher): London in 1856 is gripped by a frightening obsession. The specimen-collecting craze is growing, and discoveries in far-off jungles are reshaping the known world in terrible and unimaginable ways. The new theories of evolution threaten to disrupt the fragile balance of power that keeps the chaotic city in order—a disruption that many would do just about anything to prevent.
When the glamorous 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 Roumande are called in to examine the crime scene—and the body. In the new and suspicious world of forensics and autopsy examinations, Hatton and Roumande are the best. But the crime scene is not confined to one room. In their efforts to help Scotland Yard’s infamous Inspector Adams track down the Lady’s killer, Hatton and Roumande uncover a trail of murders all connected to a packet of seditious letters that, if published, would change the face of society and religion irrevocably.