White Stone Day

Mystery & Suspense, Historical Mystery, Fiction & Literature, Thrillers
Cover of the book White Stone Day by John MacLachlan Gray, St. Martin's Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John MacLachlan Gray ISBN: 9781466883475
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication: October 14, 2014
Imprint: Minotaur Books Language: English
Author: John MacLachlan Gray
ISBN: 9781466883475
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication: October 14, 2014
Imprint: Minotaur Books
Language: English

"I mark this day most especially with a White Stone."
---Lewis Carroll, The Diaries of Lewis Carroll

Edmund Whitty, a London newspaper correspondent who can usually be counted upon for crisp and lurid copy, has fallen upon lean times. After his triumphant exposé of a notorious serial killer, he has inexplicably lost his knack for sensational reporting. Broke and desperate, he seizes upon a generous offer from a mysterious American to discredit a quack psychic. But how, he ends up wondering uneasily, does the psychic know so much about a scandal involving Whitty's late brother?

When the psychic is brutally murdered, Whitty finds himself accused of the crime and thrown into Milbank prison, the most bizarre institution of its kind in England. Help comes unexpectedly from "the Captain," a gangster not known for charity work. To save his own skin, Whitty must find the men responsible for the disappearance of the Captain's young niece, Eliza.

Whitty's search takes him to Oxford, where he meets the brilliant and eccentric Reverend William Boltbyn, a renowned children's author who delights in playing croquet, devising elaborate stories, and taking artistic photographs of little girls. There he uncovers a looking-glass world, the dark side of Victoriana, and the murder of innocence.

John MacLachlan Gray, who evoked "the mean streets and byways of 1852 London with a skill worthy of Dickens" (Publishers Weekly) in The Fiend in Human, spins an even more irresistible tale of dark secrets behind the facade of Victorian respectability in White Stone Day.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"I mark this day most especially with a White Stone."
---Lewis Carroll, The Diaries of Lewis Carroll

Edmund Whitty, a London newspaper correspondent who can usually be counted upon for crisp and lurid copy, has fallen upon lean times. After his triumphant exposé of a notorious serial killer, he has inexplicably lost his knack for sensational reporting. Broke and desperate, he seizes upon a generous offer from a mysterious American to discredit a quack psychic. But how, he ends up wondering uneasily, does the psychic know so much about a scandal involving Whitty's late brother?

When the psychic is brutally murdered, Whitty finds himself accused of the crime and thrown into Milbank prison, the most bizarre institution of its kind in England. Help comes unexpectedly from "the Captain," a gangster not known for charity work. To save his own skin, Whitty must find the men responsible for the disappearance of the Captain's young niece, Eliza.

Whitty's search takes him to Oxford, where he meets the brilliant and eccentric Reverend William Boltbyn, a renowned children's author who delights in playing croquet, devising elaborate stories, and taking artistic photographs of little girls. There he uncovers a looking-glass world, the dark side of Victoriana, and the murder of innocence.

John MacLachlan Gray, who evoked "the mean streets and byways of 1852 London with a skill worthy of Dickens" (Publishers Weekly) in The Fiend in Human, spins an even more irresistible tale of dark secrets behind the facade of Victorian respectability in White Stone Day.

More books from St. Martin's Press

Cover of the book The Magdalen Martyrs by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book Snobbery with Violence by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book One Way Out by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book A Boy's Summer by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book The Mummy's Ransom by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book Before the Parade Passes By by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book Sweet-Loving Cowboy by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book The Age of Cryptocurrency by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book Rat: How the World's Most Notorious Rodent Clawed Its Way to the Top by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book Every Fifteen Minutes by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book It Runs in the Family by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book Death's Apprentice by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book The Gravedigger's Ball by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon by John MacLachlan Gray
Cover of the book A Murder in Tuscany by John MacLachlan Gray
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy