<p>When one of his colleagues witnesses a robbery in which one of the participants, a child, bears a striking resemblance to a certain Bow Street Runner, John Pickett realizes he has a young half-brother who has been apprenticed to a criminal gang. The brutal murder of the pursuing constable makes t
Death Can Be Habit-Forming: Another John Pickett Mystery
โ Scribed by Sheri Cobb South
- Publisher
- Sonatina Press
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- John Pickett Mystery
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Having resigned his position at Bow Street in disgrace (at least in his own mind) and failed in his attempt to establish himself as a private agent, John Pickett toils away at a tedious job as a clerk in the City. When he is approached by a man wishing to hire him to extract a young lady being held against her will at an asylum for opium-eaters, Pickett jumps at the chance to prove himself, and persuades a very reluctant Julia to commit him to the institution as a patient. But nothing at the Larches is exactly as it seems, and while getting in may be easy, getting out may be another matter entirely...
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