THE COMPLETE EDWIN JAMES MYSTERIES BOOKS 1–3 three captivating crime mysteries set in Victorian London (Historical Mysteries Box sets)

GET **THREE** CAPTIVATING VICTORIAN CRIME MYSTERIES BRIMMING WITH INTRIGUE, SCANDAL AND BREATH-TAKING SUSPENSE IN ONE GREAT-VALUE BOX SET.

Love Sherlock Holmes and Great Expectations? Then meet Edwin James, a stellar lawyer with a shady past and a talent for solving mysteries.

He’ll do whatever it takes to survive within the seamy underworld of Victorian London. Even if that means bending the rules he fought so hard to uphold . . .

PRAISE FOR ROY LEWIS:

‘Lewis skilfully ties up everything . . . smoothly written. Compassionate yet with plenty of force.’ New York Times

‘Legal shenanigans explicable, whodunit finely spun . . . A nice piece of work, in fact.’ Oxford Mail

‘Tough, salty and realistic.’ Times Literary Supplement

‘Roy Lewis is a writer who believes in keeping his readers on their toes with plenty of twists and surprises.’ Daily Telegraph

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IN THIS THREE-BOOK BOX SET:

BOOK 1: DEAD RINGER
A missing racehorse. A drowned woman. A case that could make Edwin James’s career — or cost him everything. In 1844, Running Rein took London by storm. First, he won the Derby. Then, he disappeared without a trace. Now, it’s up to upstart young counsel Edwin James to hunt him down, with help from shady ex-con Ben Gully. Together, they must follow a twisty trail through the very darkest corners of London’s underworld, with James’s creditors hot on their heels. Can they uncover the truth before anyone else dies?

BOOK 2: BREATHS OF SUSPICION
Two dead swindlers. One suspect in the frame — and it’s Edwin James himself. James’s star is rising and a seat in Parliament beckons. To get it, James must go head to head with his arch nemesis Lord George Bentinck, a crooked aristo who is backing a candidate of his own. When Lord Bentinck’s lifeless body is found out on a lonely country path, James finds the finger of suspicion pointing at him. Can he clear his name before it’s too late?

BOOK 3: A FUGITIVE ENGLISHMAN
Edwin James flees London, only to get himself into deeper, more dangerous waters in New York. Before long, he finds himself on the trail of the most infamous killer of them all: John Wilkes Booth, the callous actor who shot President Lincoln. But in a city where no one and nothing is what it seems, the truth can be hard to find. Can James solve the case before his past catches up to him?

Don’t miss out on this acclaimed series of unputdownable mysteries! YOU GET ALL THREE OF THE ABOVE BOOKS IN THIS EDITION.

Fans of Arthur Conan Doyle, Kerry Tombs, Elly Griffiths, P.D. James, Oscar de Muriel, Alex Grecian and Carole Lawrence will devour this series of intriguing mysteries.

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THE DETECTIVE
Edwin James has lived a chequered life. A sensation in the courts and in Parliament, everyone in London has heard a thing or two about his rise to the top. Murderer. Queen’s Counsel. Knight. Scoundrel. Ladies’ man. James has been called all these things and more. But the truth behind the hearsay is more complex. James’s incisive powers of deduction won him a place the very top of his profession. Will they also be his undoing?

THE SETTING
Victorian London may be a city full of thrilling possibilities, with the promise of progress hanging in the air like smog. But its twisty streets are also fraught with danger: from the dingy Docklands to the spires of Westminster and the alleys of Soho.

ALSO BY ROY LEWIS
ARNOLD LANDON SERIES
ERIC WARD BOOKS
INSPECTOR CROW BOOKS

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