It's 1841, and something very strange is going on in the back streets of London. There has been a series of dreadful murders in the slums of the printing district, which the police mysteriously refuse to investigate, yet the culprit must be caught before he kills again.
M. J. Carter is a former journalist and the author of the Blake and Avery series- The Strangler Vine, The Printer's Coffin (formerly published as The Infidel Stain) and The Devil's Feast, and two acclaimed works of non-fiction- Anthony Blunt- His Lives and The Three Emperors- Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One. M. J. Carter is married with two sons and lives in London.
Vividly realised...the second outing for [Blake and Avery] is even
more fun, with the same blend of derring-do and elegant writing.
..Delicious stuff.
*Financial Times*
Witty and unfailingly readable...its contemporary resonance [is]
all the more effective for being implicit.
*The Spectator*
An entertaining stew of blackmail, murder, cross-dressing and
incomprehensible slang ... like Dickens, Carter's righteous anger
at Victorian hypocrisy does not prevent her from revelling in it
with infectious glee.
*Sunday Telegraph*
While the relationship between the dynamic duo Blake and Avery
evolves in a nuanced, tender way the real star of the show in this
complex, clever novel is London itself.
*Evening Standard*
The Strangler Vine was a promising and enjoyable debut - plenty of
action, rich in historical detail, all crowned with a very clever
twist. Carter has proved with The Infidel Stain that it was not a
one-off.
*The Times*
If this series is not bought for film, it would be another mark of
the corporate stupidity that lost the BBC Ripper Street. It is,
however, far more pleasurable and impressive to read.
*Independent on Sunday*
Vivid...done with brio.
*Mail on Sunday*
A sinister tale involving political revolution, printers and porn,
The Infidel Stain drips with period atmosphere.
*Bella Magazine*
Compelling... Carter's book is historical crime fiction at its
best.
*Nick Rennison, BBC History Magazine*
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