A Tale of Two Murders by Heather Redmond

Also available by Heather Redmond: Grave Expectations Journaled to Death A Christmas Carol Murder (Sept. Charles Dickens’ relationship falls apart Ann Ronald. Mystery fans and history buffs alike should cheer.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “For Dickens fans, this charming little puzzler will prove a delight. I wonder if Redmond, who has hit upon an effective predication in A Tale of Two Murders, will go on to write further mysteries where the Mr. Readers can travel through a historical London that’s vivid without being overcrowded with detail . . . “Watching young Charles sniff out the connection between the two deaths is only part of the fun. But with a twist or two in this most peculiar case, he and Kate may be in for the worst of times . . . If Charles can find justice for the victims, it will be a far, far better thing than he has ever done.

The lovely Kate offers to help-using her social position to gain access to the members of the upper crust, now suspects in a murder. When Charles hears from a colleague of a very similar mysterious death a year ago to the date, also a young woman, he begins to suspect poisoning and feels compelled to investigate.

By morning, the poor young woman will be dead. Charles, Kate, and her father rush to the neighbors’ home, where Miss Christiana Lugoson lies unconscious on the floor. They are having the best of times when a scream shatters the pleasant evening. Invited to dinner at the estate of the newspaper’s co-editor, Charles is smitten with his boss’s daughter, vivacious nineteen-year-old Kate Hogarth. In the winter of 1835, young Charles Dickens is a journalist on the rise at the Evening Chronicle. “A complex mystery that cunningly explores how Dickens might have been inspired to write the plot of his most well-known book, A Tale of Two Cities.” -Anna Lee Huber, bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries

A Tale of Two Murders by Heather Redmond