Bucket's Brigade: A Charley Field Victorian mystery (Charley Field Victorian mysteries Book 2) / Gary Blackwood
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The dauntless Inspector Charley Field, protagonist of "Bucket's List" and inspiration for Dickens’ Inspector Bucket, is relishing the newfound success of his private enquiry agency. But success isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Instead of the minor-league mysteries he's accustomed to--lost dogs and fake accident victims and such--he’s begun to attract some cases that are very high profile . . . not to mention dangerous.
For example, there's the matter of Alfred Twickham, only son of railroad magnate Sir Roger Twickham. Kidnapped as a child and given up for dead, Alfred has struggled for decades to survive in the gold fields of Australia. Now he's resurfaced in London, determined to claim his inheritance. Charley is asked to investigate the man by his friend Miss Treville, the young and attractive newspaper reporter, who claims that Alfred is an impostor and an all-round unpleasant bloke. And it begins to look as if she’s right—especially when she mysteriously disappears.
As Charley tries desperately to find her and to get the goods on Alfred, he’s sidetracked by several other troublemakers: a theatre manager who steals plays from authors (including the soon-to-be-famous Wilkie Collins); a philandering husband with a gypsy girlfriend; and an acid-throwing villain who preys on prostitutes and actresses. To make matters worse, Charley's wife has become hooked on McMunn’s Elixir, a patent medicine that consists largely of opium.
Many of the secondary characters from the first novel make a return appearance in "Bucket's Brigade": the naive but eager Constable Mull; the former counterfeiter known as The Scarecrow; the alluring but untrustworthy Julia Fairweather; the winsome orphan, Audrey--and, of course, the Great Man himself, Mr. Dickens.
Praise for "Bucket's List":
" . . . this imaginative series launch . . . employs an omniscient narrator's voice that Dickens fans will appreciate." Publishers Weekly
"[This] new series starring a Victorian sleuth who's as good-hearted as he is shrewd . . . lead[s] him through some of the grimmest parts of England but toward an unexpected ally and a satisfying conclusion." Kirkus Reviews
"'Bucket's List' is driven by the character of Charley Field. He is down-to-earth, funny, and a smooth talker who can finagle his way into any situation." Historical Novel Society.
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For example, there's the matter of Alfred Twickham, only son of railroad magnate Sir Roger Twickham. Kidnapped as a child and given up for dead, Alfred has struggled for decades to survive in the gold fields of Australia. Now he's resurfaced in London, determined to claim his inheritance. Charley is asked to investigate the man by his friend Miss Treville, the young and attractive newspaper reporter, who claims that Alfred is an impostor and an all-round unpleasant bloke. And it begins to look as if she’s right—especially when she mysteriously disappears.
As Charley tries desperately to find her and to get the goods on Alfred, he’s sidetracked by several other troublemakers: a theatre manager who steals plays from authors (including the soon-to-be-famous Wilkie Collins); a philandering husband with a gypsy girlfriend; and an acid-throwing villain who preys on prostitutes and actresses. To make matters worse, Charley's wife has become hooked on McMunn’s Elixir, a patent medicine that consists largely of opium.
Many of the secondary characters from the first novel make a return appearance in "Bucket's Brigade": the naive but eager Constable Mull; the former counterfeiter known as The Scarecrow; the alluring but untrustworthy Julia Fairweather; the winsome orphan, Audrey--and, of course, the Great Man himself, Mr. Dickens.
Praise for "Bucket's List":
" . . . this imaginative series launch . . . employs an omniscient narrator's voice that Dickens fans will appreciate." Publishers Weekly
"[This] new series starring a Victorian sleuth who's as good-hearted as he is shrewd . . . lead[s] him through some of the grimmest parts of England but toward an unexpected ally and a satisfying conclusion." Kirkus Reviews
"'Bucket's List' is driven by the character of Charley Field. He is down-to-earth, funny, and a smooth talker who can finagle his way into any situation." Historical Novel Society.
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