Death in Drury Lane
(2026)(Book 12 in the Charles Dickens Investigations series)
A novel by J C Briggs
Dickens and Jones return in another Victorian mystery! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander and Anne Perry.
Dickens is haunted by his past…
London, 1851
After attending a pantomime at Drury Lane Theatre, Charles Dickens witnesses a man apparently bundling a woman into a waiting cab.
He glimpses a magic robe and a made-up face, and something about the man reminds him of a disturbing scene from his youth, but he is not confident of the connection.
But when an abandoned trunk containing a blood-stained magician’s cloak is reported to his good friend Superintendent Sam Jones, Dickens starts to believe there could be more to what he saw.
And when a young woman connected to the Drury Lane Theatre is reported missing, Dickens and Jones start to piece the puzzle together.
But with the discovery of a dead body, the stakes are quickly raised, and the pair must find the killer before any more lives are put in danger.
What connects this crime to Dickens’ childhood memories? Is someone targeting the theatre?
And can Dickens stop them before it’s too late…?
DEATH IN DRURY LANE is the twelfth urban mystery in J. C. Briggs’ literary historical series, the Charles Dickens investigations: a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London.
The Charles Dickens Investigations Series:
BOOK ONE: The Murder of Patience Brooke
BOOK TWO: Death at Hungerford Stairs
BOOK THREE: Murder by Ghostlight
BOOK FOUR: The Quickening and the Dead
BOOK FIVE: At Midnight In Venice
BOOK SIX: The Redemption Murders
BOOK SEVEN: The Mystery of the Hawke Sapphires
BOOK EIGHT: The Chinese Puzzle
BOOK NINE: Summons to Murder
BOOK TEN: The Jaggard Case
BOOK ELEVEN: The Waxwork Man
BOOK TWELVE: Death in Drury Lane
Genre: Historical Mystery
Dickens is haunted by his past…
London, 1851
After attending a pantomime at Drury Lane Theatre, Charles Dickens witnesses a man apparently bundling a woman into a waiting cab.
He glimpses a magic robe and a made-up face, and something about the man reminds him of a disturbing scene from his youth, but he is not confident of the connection.
But when an abandoned trunk containing a blood-stained magician’s cloak is reported to his good friend Superintendent Sam Jones, Dickens starts to believe there could be more to what he saw.
And when a young woman connected to the Drury Lane Theatre is reported missing, Dickens and Jones start to piece the puzzle together.
But with the discovery of a dead body, the stakes are quickly raised, and the pair must find the killer before any more lives are put in danger.
What connects this crime to Dickens’ childhood memories? Is someone targeting the theatre?
And can Dickens stop them before it’s too late…?
DEATH IN DRURY LANE is the twelfth urban mystery in J. C. Briggs’ literary historical series, the Charles Dickens investigations: a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London.
The Charles Dickens Investigations Series:
BOOK ONE: The Murder of Patience Brooke
BOOK TWO: Death at Hungerford Stairs
BOOK THREE: Murder by Ghostlight
BOOK FOUR: The Quickening and the Dead
BOOK FIVE: At Midnight In Venice
BOOK SIX: The Redemption Murders
BOOK SEVEN: The Mystery of the Hawke Sapphires
BOOK EIGHT: The Chinese Puzzle
BOOK NINE: Summons to Murder
BOOK TEN: The Jaggard Case
BOOK ELEVEN: The Waxwork Man
BOOK TWELVE: Death in Drury Lane
Genre: Historical Mystery