02338cam a2200361 a 4500 27149 27149 18626198 MeVbMML 20200228105718.0 150521s2015 nyu 000 1 eng d 2015295699 9780758292711 (pbk.) 0758292716 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn881439406 YDXCP eng YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCQ MR0 OCLCO OCLCF CGP DLC lccopycat e-uk-en PS3608.A78286 C66 2015 813/.6 23 Harris, Gregory (Fiction writer), author. 5215 The Connicle curse : a Colin Pendragon mystery / Gregory Harris. New York : Kensington Books, [2015] 325 p. ; 21 cm. "Victorian London's private detective Colin Pendragon learns that the cost of wealth can indeed be dear as he investigates the grisly fate of a well-heeled financier. When wealthy Edmond Connicle suddenly disappears, his distraught wife enlists the services of master sleuth Colin Pendragon and his loyal partner, Ethan Pruitt. Already on the case, however, is Scotland Yard's Inspector Varcoe. He suspects the Connicles' West African scullery maid of doing in her employer, especially when a badly burned body is discovered on the estate grounds with a sack of Voodoo fetishes buried beneath it. But all is not as it seems, and as more bodies are found, the pressure mounts on Varcoe, forcing him to forge an uneasy alliance with his nemesis, Pendragon. At the same time, Mrs. Connicle's fragile mental state appears increasingly more precarious. Could madness, not black magic, be at the root of these murders? To untangle the twisted truth, Pendragon and Pruitt must penetrate the hidden lives of the elite and expose the malevolent machinations of a ruthless kill...."--Publisher's website. Private investigators Fiction. 10 Gay men Fiction. 5216 Murder Investigation Fiction. 484 London (England) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. 5217 Mystery fiction. gsafd 670 Historical fiction. gsafd 129 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ YA 2020-02-28 15.00 0 YA HARR 51206 2020-02-28 2020-02-28 BOOK