Joan Lock

Dead Letters

By Joan Lock - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In the summer of 1880s London, DI Ernest Best is assigned duty with fellow officers for the Police’s Annual Fête at ...Read Review

The Princess Alice Disaster

By Joan Lock - Published 2013

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NauticalNonfiction

The sinking of the pleasure steamer Princess Alice in the Thames in September 1878 was the worst inland water accident in British history. Over 650 ...Read Review

Dead Born

By Joan Lock - Published 2001Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This superb novel, one in the series of Joan Lock’s Detective Sergeant Best mysteries, was originally published in 2001 and has been reissued ...Read Review

Scotland Yard’s First Cases

By Joan Lock - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeNonfiction

Joan Lock has written several books on the British police. This title describes the most significant cases handled by Scotland Yard’s detective ...Read Review

Dead Centre

By Joan Lock - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

A crime novel set in 1887, Dead Centre is the seventh Inspector Best mystery, and is set against the daily protests of the poor ...Read Review

Dead Fall

By Joan Lock - Published 2005

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Set against the backdrop of the Victorian theatre in London, this murder mystery is another in the Inspector Best Series. An outing to ...Read Review

Dead Loss

By Joan Lock - Published 2006

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

London in the 1880s is on high alert. Fenian extremists are planting bombs with devastating effect. Criminals move in and out of the ...Read Review