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1856: London is in a grip of a frightening obsession…
Devoured
What you need to know before your trail
London is going through some very strange times.
The specimen-collecting craze is growing, and discoveries in far-off jungles are reshaping the known world in terrible and unimaginable ways.
The world of dead bodies and fossils collide when Lady Bessingham is found murdered in her bedroom, surrounded by her vast collection of fossils and tribal masks. Professor Adolphus Hatton and his morgue assistant Albert Roumande are called in to examine the crime scene – and the body. In the new and suspicious world of forensics and autopsy examinations, Hatton and Roumande are the best at what they do and it’s hoped they can solve the case
Working with famous Scotland Yard detective Inspector Adams, they hope to track down the Lady’s killer, but also uncover a trail of murders connected to a packet of seditious letters that, if published, would change the face of society and religion irrevocably.
Travel Guide
1856 London Scientific society
An exciting time in London Scientific society. New discoveries in all fields are being discovered from medicine to science. Ordinary, albeit rich ones, seem to be mad about collecting specimens and there are explorers left, right and centre. People are starting to question the new theories of evolution and the way of thinking about nature and the world. So many people keen to map out the world of discoveries but where the X marks the spot will be, is anyone’s guess.
Hatton and Roumande are like the Victorian equivalent of the CSI team. This is a very different world, techniques and crime scenes however as the autopsy and forensics is a new and scary field ripe for discoveries. The start of such exiting times in science and forensics however is fascinating
The streets of Victorian London are paved not with gold but with blood and gore and the promise of even more.
Borneo
Imagine going to this country to explore now let alone back when a lot of it was undiscovered and ripe for exploring! The island of Borneo is separated politically via Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Devoured (Hatton and Roumande 1)
Author/ Guide: D E Meredith Destination: London, Sarawak Departure Time: 1856
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