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    Death Takes a Lover

    By Olivier Bosman

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    The year is 1888. Detective Sergeant John Billings has been sent to a remote house in the Yorkshire Moors to investigate the suspicious death of Roger Thornton, a young man who seemed to have everything to live for. He gets a frosty reception from the lady of the house and her rag-tag collection of domestic staff who try to put him off the scent, but as Billings delves deeper into their lives, he uncovers hidden passions, bitter rivalries and a truth so dark and sinister, it will shock you to the core.
    Fusing Gothic romanticism and fin-de-siecle melodrama, 'Death Takes A Lover' is a chilling entry into a world which some may not want to enter, but if you do, don't say you haven't been warned...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOlivier Bosman
    Release dateMay 1, 2015
    ISBN9781311684271
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    Death Takes a Lover
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    Olivier Bosman

    Born to Dutch parents and raised in Colombia and England, I am a rootless wanderer with itchy feet. I've spent the last few years living and working in The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sudan and Bulgaria, but I have every confidence that I will now finally be able to settle down among the olive groves of Andalucia.

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    • 3/5
      1888. Detective Sergeant John Billings has been sent to Hammerock House, the home of the Thorntons in Yorkshire. There he is to investigate the suspicious death of the son, Roger Thornton.
      An enjoyable well-written mystery
    • 4/5
      I read this after reading the second book in the series. It was shorter but I loved it more than the second book. I like gothic stories and this was a really good one with an ending I did not foresee. The detective was being introduced here whereas in the second book he seemed more fully fleshed. Had I read them in the correct order I probably wouldn't have noticed this so it was my fault not the fault of the author. The setting of Victorian England is researched / written well. Worth reading

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