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The Golden Crucible
(1976)(The third book in the Inspector Lintott Mysteries series)
A novel by Jean Stubbs
This time it's personal for Inspector Lintott! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers...
What connects a society heiress, a renowned magician, a ruthless gangster and a missing girl... ?
Inspector John Joseph Lintott is long since retired from the British police force.
But a chance encounter after a magician's show thrusts him into a web of secrets of lies.
And when his own dearly beloved wife becomes a target, Lintott is forced to get involved.
He follows a notorious American gangster to the bustling streets of San Francisco to recover a missing girl.
But will his personal vendetta get in the way of solving the case?
THE GOLDEN CRUCIBLE is the third crime thriller in a classic historical series, the Inspector Lintott Mysteries, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.
'Flair and panache, intelligent high spirits' - Financial Times
'Full of dash and dazzle; a tour-de-force' - Sunday Telegraph
'Jean Stubbs, cleverly and wittily, is making a successful speciality of the Victorian mystery romance.' - Book World
'A master storyteller' - Publishers Weekly
THE INSPECTOR LINTOTT MYSTERY SERIES
BOOK ONE: Dear Laura
BOOK TWO: The Painted Face
BOOK THREE: The Golden Crucible
Genre: Historical Mystery
What connects a society heiress, a renowned magician, a ruthless gangster and a missing girl... ?
London, 1906
Inspector John Joseph Lintott is long since retired from the British police force.
But a chance encounter after a magician's show thrusts him into a web of secrets of lies.
And when his own dearly beloved wife becomes a target, Lintott is forced to get involved.
He follows a notorious American gangster to the bustling streets of San Francisco to recover a missing girl.
But will his personal vendetta get in the way of solving the case?
THE GOLDEN CRUCIBLE is the third crime thriller in a classic historical series, the Inspector Lintott Mysteries, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.
'Flair and panache, intelligent high spirits' - Financial Times
'Full of dash and dazzle; a tour-de-force' - Sunday Telegraph
'Jean Stubbs, cleverly and wittily, is making a successful speciality of the Victorian mystery romance.' - Book World
'A master storyteller' - Publishers Weekly
THE INSPECTOR LINTOTT MYSTERY SERIES
BOOK ONE: Dear Laura
BOOK TWO: The Painted Face
BOOK THREE: The Golden Crucible
Genre: Historical Mystery
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