Carver's Truth

by Nick Rennison

London, 1871. Traveler, photographer and sometime intelligencer Adam Carver is asked by a friend from the Foreign Office to find Dolly Delaney, a West End dancing girl who has been involved with a diplomat and since disappeared. What seems a straightforward case soon proves otherwise. Carver is discomfited to come across alluring daguerreotypes of Dolly and he seeks answers from one of her fellow dancers, the feisty Hetty Gallant. Soon, Carver and his stoical manservant Quint are drawn north to York, where they are implicated in a shocking death. The pair flee across the Channel, but soon encounter new treacheries in Berlin, the imposing and dangerous capital of the nascent Germany.

Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction

352 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2016

About the author

Nick Rennison is a writer, editor and bookseller. His books include Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography, Robin Hood: Myth, History, Culture, The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide and 100 Must-Read Historical Novels. He is a regular reviewer of historical fiction for both The Sunday Times and BBC History Magazine.

Reviews

[Bonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read to while away Covid. Back to the 1870s in England and Germany. Foreign Office skullduggery. Chorus girls. Secret plans. Good times.

[Vince · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent story. Well written. This book should appeal to all fans of historical mysteries