Where Evil Lies Buried
1896: Sherlock Holmes has once again hit the headlines, solving mysteries for the cream of aristocracy. But among the workhouses and pudding shops of South London, private detective William Arrowood is presented with far grittier, more violent and considerably less well-paid cases. Arrowood has no doubt who is the better detective, and when Mr. and Mrs. Barclay engage him to find their estranged daughter, Birdie, he’s sure it won’t be long before he and his assistant, Barnett, have tracked her down.
But this seemingly simple missing-person case soon turns into a murder investigation. Far from the comfort of Baker Street, Arrowood’s London is a city of unrelenting cruelty, where evil is waiting to be uncovered…
Mick Finlay was born in Glasgow but left as a young boy, livingin Canada and then England. Before becoming an academic, he ran amarket stall on Portobello Road, and also worked as a tent-handin a traveling circus, a butcher’s boy, a hotel porter, and variousjobs in the NHS and Social Services. He teaches in a psychologydepartment, and has published research on political violence andpersuasion, verbal and nonverbal communication, and disability. Helives in Brighton with his family.View all by Mick Finlay
