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Death at the Workhouse
- Author
- Emily Organ
- Narrator
- Gabrielle Baker
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 28 January 2020
- Run Time
- 9 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
When two workhouse inmates die in a fight, the police and the coroner accept the simplest explanation. Penny undertakes her own investigation with Inspector James Blakely's help and it's not long before they make themselves unpopular.
A macabre turn finally makes the authorities act, but can anyone stop the force behind the crimes?
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- Author
- Emily Organ
- Narrator
- Gabrielle Baker
- Duration
- 9 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 January 2020
- ISBN
- 9781515949428
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
London 1885. Something's not right at Shoreditch Workhouse and reporter Penny Green is struggling to convince someone to listen. After spending time there undercover, she knows that more can be done for the deserving poor beneath its roof. But does anyone else care?When two workhouse inmates die in a fight, the police and the coroner accept the simplest explanation. Penny undertakes her own investigation with Inspector James Blakely's help and it's not long before they make themselves unpopular.A macabre turn finally makes the authorities act, but can anyone stop the force behind the crimes?
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