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The Mesmerist's Apprentice (Hardcover)

by L.M. Jackson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 356 pages
  • Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (3 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0434015539
  • ISBN-13: 978-0434015535
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 166,722 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Evokes the colour and danger of Victorian London with a master's touch . . . an exhilarating experience." -- "Daily Express"
"Watch out Mma Ramotswe, there's a new number one lady detective on the scene -- the glorious Sarah Tanner -- in a book that's as thick with Victorian atmosphere as a London Particular." -- Gilda O'Neill

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

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When the enigmatic Sarah Tanner re-opens her Dining and Coffee Rooms soon after a disastrous fire, the gossips of Leather Lane grudgingly admit she has 'the luck of the devil'. Yet when a local butcher is falsely accused of a heinous offence, selling horse-meat, it seems her luck has run out...Drawn into an ever more dangerous series of confrontations with a gang of youths who seem determined to put an innocent man out of business, Sarah Tanner's own livelihood looks set for ruin into the bargain.But what links the persecution of a humble butcher with a certain Dr. Stead - a leading practitioner of the strange art of mesmerism - and a desperate plea from Sarah's former lover, the aristocrat Arthur DeSalle? As Mrs. Tanner investigates, she increasingly fears that the mesmerist, patronised by the highest in society, is a charlatan and his latest patient, the unwitting victim of a grotesque fraud. To preserve a family's honour, Sarah Tanner sets out upon a trail of suicide, murder, deception and deceit which stretches from the alleys of Leather Lane to the drawing-rooms of Mayfair. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more she seems to be putting herself in danger...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Victorian Page Turner! , 27 Jun 2008
By V. H. Scott "angelfizz" (Lancashire) - See all my reviews
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Following on from "A Most Dangerous Woman", Lee Jackson (LM Jackson) delivers again with his fantastical second outing featuring the wonderful Sarah Tanner and her many disguises. Lovely to see all the characters from the first book, and as a reader you get to know much more about them in this follow up.
Sarah Tanner is a fesity lady who seems to attract trouble wherever she goes and gets into many a tight spot!
I would thoroughly recommend this book, but please do read "A Most Dangerous Woman" first.
Lee Jackson captures perfectly the ambience of Victorian London, and I can guarantee this will be unputdownable. Thrown in are a few twists and turns to keep you the reader hooked!
If you like these books, the Decimus Webb series by the same author are just as engrossing as the Sarah Tanner series. Can't wait for the next one!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A cracking good read!, 20 Jun 2008
By John Standish (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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`The Mesmerist's Apprentice' is the sixth Victorian Murder Mystery by Lee Jackson, now known as L M Jackson, and one can see how his skills and characters have developed (although I still have a particular fondness for his first book, `London Dust').

The first point to be noted is that Lee knows his subject; his books are placed in a real world with real people, real locations and accurate backgrounds, clothing, food and transport. Not for him the somewhat Gothic or whimsical world of writers like Charles Dickens, here we have reality. Anyone who knows London can trace his characters movements through streets that were and, in many cases, still are. In fact, Lee as an academic is the author of `A Dictionary of Victorian London: An A-Z of the Great Metropolis,' which is the textual version of his website mentioned below.

The second point is that Lee is fast becoming a consummate artist at the twist in the plot; the sudden realisation that overturns all we have started to imagine or assume. It is a treat to read his books knowing that your assumptions WILL be overturned and wondering how it will be achieved. Excellent!

I recommend all of Lee's books to those who are fascinated by the realities of Victorian London (see Lee's website victorianlondon.org) and enjoy a good murder mystery with surprising twists.

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