
The Alchemy of Murder
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PARIS 1889. THE WORLD'S FAIR
The Alchemist is how I've come to think of him; he has a passion for the dark side of knowledge, mixing murder and madness with science.Nellie Bly - reporter, feminist and amateur detective - is in Paris on the trail of an enigmatic killer. The city is a dangerous place: an epidemic of Black Fever rages, anarchists plot to overthrow the government and a murderer preys on the prostitutes who haunt the streets of Montmartre. But it is also a city of culture, a magnet for artists and men of science and letters. Can the combined genius of Oscar Wilde, Jules Verne and Louis Pasteur help Nellie prove a match for Jack the RipperBuy now!
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- ISBN: 9781848943278
- Author: Carol Mccleary
- Pub date: 09.07.09
- RRP: $27.99
- Format: Electronic book text

