''Gothic, claustrophobic, and wonderfully dark'' GUARDIAN on Sam Hurcom''s Thomas Bexley novels...
The next stifling, atmospheric gothic crime novel following one of the world''s first forensic photographers - for fans of The Woman in Black, The Silent Companions and Little Strangers.
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1905. A year after ''the affair'' in Dinas Powys, Thomas Bexley has become a drunkard and recluse, haunted by terrible visions of the dead. But when news of a spate of extraordinary kidnappings reaches him, Thomas is shocked to learn that his dear friend and former mentor, Professor Elijah Hawthorn, is the lead suspect.
Discovering a plea for help from Hawthorn claiming to have unearthed a gruesome conspiracy at the heart of the Metropolitan Police, Thomas embarks on a journey to prove Hawthorn''s innocence.
But wherever Thomas goes, he is followed by the dead, and as the mystery of Hawthorn''s di
