Extracts from Lawless and the Flowers of Sin

Extracts from Lawless and the Flowers of Sin, William Sutton’s second Victorian mystery, published @TitanBooks July 2016

Fantastical Librarian:

The Urchin Lexicographer

She took two pamphlets from her pocket. “Exhibit the first: Dugdale-Hotten’s catalogue for 1864, for the discerning erotobibliophile.”

Darlington sniggered at the list of authors: Terence O’Tooleywag, Paddy Strongcock, and Timothy Touchit. “Where do they find this filth?”

(See also Slang #1, Slang #2, Slang #3)

 

Civilian Reader

The Commissioner of Scotland Yard

Lawless receives his task from the Scotland Yard Commissioner: a census of sin.

Star and Crescent:

The Path of Filth

Sergeant Lawless explores the nightlife of Soho in his role as inspector of vice.