- Police, Fiction, History
It is 1894, and Richard Throstle and his wife Georgina arrive in Wigan with their ghoulish magic lantern show, Phantasmagoria. When Richard is found murdered in his hotel room, police sergeant Slevin takes care of the investigation. Meanwhile, the Morgan-Drew Players theatre troupe harbour many dark secrets.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Alan J. Wright
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 246
- Publisher
- Polygon
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781846971679
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