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  • Spring of Hope

  • The Gaslight Mysteries, Book 4
  • By: Cora Harrison
  • Narrated by: Mark Meadows
  • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Spring of Hope

By: Cora Harrison
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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When an exhibition featuring London's top engineers results in sudden, violent death, Victorian writer-sleuths Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens investigate.

March, 1859. After the “Great Stink” of the previous summer when Parliament was overwhelmed by the stench of sewage from the River Thames, and with cholera running rife throughout the city, Charles Dickens has a new enthusiasm. Having formed a firm friendship with Joseph Bazalgette, he is assisting the ambitious young engineer in his efforts to find a solution to London's pollution problem.

Dickens' friend and fellow writer Wilkie Collins meanwhile is distracted by thoughts of his pretty new housekeeper and her charming daughter. But what does he really know of his new employee's past - and just who - or what - is making her so frightened?

During an exhibition to showcase London's top engineers' plans to solve the sewage issue, proceedings are disrupted by a high-pitched, agonized scream - and the discovery of a blood-soaked body; the result - it would appear - of a terrible accident. Dickens, however, is convinced of foul play, and once again, he and Wilkie Collins set about uncovering the shocking truth.

©2021 Cora Harrison (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing
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Gaslight mysteries

Mark Meadows is an amazing narrator - sounding like men, children, elite, working class, He can sound loving. Turn from compassionate to snarling. He gives the perfect personality to Cora Harrison’s books. She breathes life into historic characters and events. I am thoroughly disappointed when I rush to see if there’s a new volume and discover that I need another cup of patience. They make a great team.

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