num_pages: 384
description: 1905. A year after the affair in Dinas Powys Thomas Bexley has become a drunkard and recluse haunted by terrible visions of the dead. But when news of a spate of extraordinary kidnappings reaches him Thomas is shocked to learn that his dear friend and former mentor Professor Elijah Hawthorn is the lead suspect.Discovering a plea for help from Hawthorn claiming to have unearthed a gruesome conspiracy at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Thomas embarks on a journey to prove Hawthorns innocence.But wherever Thomas goes he is followed by the dead and as the mystery of Hawthorns disappearance deepens so too does Thomass apparent insanityHow can Thomas be certain of the truth when he cant trust anybody around him not even himself?
language: English
title: Letters from the Dead
publisher: Orion Publishing Group