Inspector Box series by Norman Russell (#01 – 04)
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Overview: Norman Russell was born in Lancashire but has lived most of his life in Liverpool. After graduating from Jesus College, Oxford, he served a term in the army in Jamaica and the Bahamas. Returning to study for a Diploma in Education, he was later awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He now writes full-time.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery, Thriller, Detective
The Advocate’s Wife #01: Adelaide Porteous had made a good marriage to the great barrister Sir William Porteous, QC and this imperious, beautiful woman was one of Queen Victoria’s courtiers, already she has launched two of her three daughters into society. But then disaster strikes. The homicidal dilettante Gideon Raikes, enraged at Sir William’s attempts to put him behind bars, engineers a very public attempt on his life. The ensuing investigation begins to disinter some gruesome Porteous family skeletons and Adelaide is forced to contemplate desperate measures to secure the safety of her husband and three children. Set in late Victorian London and rural Essex, this well-written novel features the chirpy but vulnerable Detective Arnold Box and his colleagues of Great Scotland Yard.
The Hansa Protocol #02: In the bitter january of 1893, the German peace crusader Dr Otto Seligmann is blown to pieces in the Belvedere, his garden library at Chelsea. Detective Inspector Box and Sergeant Knollys interview Seligmann’s associate, Count Cernzy, who reveals that Britain is infested by agents of the German war party. In the fog-shrouded garden of Seligmann’s house, Box encounters Colonel Kershaw, the suave but sinister head of secret intelligence, who enlists his aid to search for Seligmann’s house, Box finally discovers the secret of the Hansa Protocol, and the true purpose of the Belvedere explosion. The mission ends in a desperate confrontation on which the nation’s future will depend.
Web of Discord #03: Returning from a court appearance, Detective Inspector Box finds himself investigating the violent death of Sir John Courteline, the great philanthropist. It looks like an act of private revenge, but Box soon uncovers a widespread conspiracy. Pursuing the killer’s trail of signature deaths across London and Cornwall, Box’s investigation finally leads him to the bleak wilderness of eastern Prussia where the scene is set for an awesome final confrontation.
The Gold Masters #04: Sir Hamo Strange is one of the gold masters, an elite group of international financiers in Late Victorian England whose stock-in-trade is unimaginable quantities of fine gold. Strange is also a collector of ancient books, a passion shared with his hated rival, the private banker Lord Jocelyn Peto. Their rivalry leads first to theft and then murder, bring Detective Inspector Box and Sergeant Knollys to investigate. When an audacious bullion robbery occurs at Strange’s vaults, Box’s remit widens to include an underworld of fraudulent mediums and murderous thugs. Then, intervention from an unexpected quarter dramatically changes the course of his investigation.
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