The Illusion of Murder
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
Escapist fiction in the style of Jed Rubenfeld, ideal for enthusiasts of historical mystery novels.
Carol McCleary Book order
Carol McCleary's formative years were shaped by a global upbringing, experiencing life in Seoul, Hong Kong, Japan, and the Philippines before finding a home in the United States. She now resides on Cape Cod, embracing the atmospheric setting of her antique house, which she shares with its spectral inhabitants.
- 2010
- 2009
Paris 1889. The Alchemist is how I've come to think of him; he has a passion for the dark side of knowledge, mixing murder and madness with science. Nellie Bly - reporter, feminist and amateur detective - is in Paris on the trail of an enigmatic killer. The city is a dangerous place: an epidemic of Black Fever rages, anarchists plot to overthrow the government and a murderer preys on the prostitutes who haunt the streets of Montmartre. But it is also a city of culture, a magnet for artists and men of science and letters. Can the combined genius of Oscar Wilde, Jules Verne and Louis Pasteur help Nellie prove a match for Jack the Ripper?
