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Confronting the Invisible: A chilling mystery set in Victorian London (Carlyle & West Victorian Mysteries Book 3) Kindle Edition

by David Field (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 431 ratings
It’s another mysterious case for Dr Carlyle and Matthew West! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Andrew Taylor, Anne Perry and Robin Paige…

Is someone stealing children from London’s East End…?

London, 1893

When doctor James Carlyle attends a show at a local circus with his daughter, Adelaide, he is rushed backstage to help with what appears to be a horrific accident.

One of the performers, Robert Manston, has died after falling during an act. But Carlyle soon realises Robert’s palms had been covered with grease.

The man’s performance partner, George Rose, has gone on the run, and Carlyle and Inspector Jennings of Scotland Yard both believe George may have caused the fall on purpose.

Meanwhile, children start to go missing from local preacher Matthew West’s Bible class, and a spate of burglaries are reported in London’s East End.

Matthew and Carlyle decide to help Inspector Jennings solve the mystery. And Adelaide is desperate to help Matthew find the lost children.

Are the crimes connected? Is there a link to the murder at the circus?

And can they find the children before it is too late…?

CONFRONTING THE INVISIBLE is the third crime thriller in an exciting new historical crime series, the Carlyle & West Victorian Mysteries, private investigations set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.

THE CARLYLE & WEST VICTORIAN MYSTERY SERIES:
BOOK ONE: Interviewing the Dead
BOOK TWO: Death Comes But Twice
BOOK THREE: Confronting the Invisible
BOOK FOUR: Death Among The Nightingales
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08G1W24NK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sapere Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 17, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 217 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1800551169
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  • Book 3 of 4 ‏ : ‎ Carlyle & West Victorian Mysteries
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David Field

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David was born in post-war Nottingham, and educated at Nottingham High School. After obtaining a Law degree he became a career-long criminal law practitioner and academic, emigrating in 1989 to Australia, where he still lives.

Combining his two great loves of History and the English language he began writing historical novels as an escape from the realities of life in the criminal law, but did not begin to publish them until close to fulltime retirement, when digital publishing offered a viable alternative to literary agencies, print publishers and rejection slips.

Now blessed with all the time in the world, his former hobby has become a fulltime occupation as he enjoys life in rural New South Wales with his wife, sons and grandchildren to keep him firmly grounded in the reality of the contemporary world.

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  • Glynn Young
    5.0 out of 5 stars Be careful which circus you run away to join
    Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2021
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    Curate Matthew West, his fiancée Adelaide Carlyle, and her father Dr. James Carlyle attend a performance of the circus. What looks like an accident happens – a trapeze artist falls to his death. Upon close examination, however, Dr. Carlyle suspects and then determines that this was no accident. But no one can interest Scotland Yard in investigating; too many other crimes are demanding attention.

    Matthew is working is his new parish posting of St. Dunstan’s. Three children have gone missing; the police know children in the poorer neighborhoods go missing all the time. There are also rumors of disembodied children floating outside their parents’ and others’ windows.

    Two months later, when Matthew and Adelaide return from their honeymoon, three missing children are now 12 missing children. Their investigations lead them to two discoveries – that the missing children may be linked to the circus murder, and there is now the specter of highly contagious disease to deal with.

    “Confronting the Invisible” by David Field is the third of four books in the Carlyle & West Victorian Mystery Series. The first is “Interviewing the Dead,” the second is “Death Comes But Twice,” and the fourth is “Death Among the Nightingales.” Field also written six historical novels set in Tudor England and eight novels in the Esther and Jack Enright Mystery Series. A native of Nottingham, England, he practiced and taught criminal law for his professional career. He now lives in Australia.

    The investigation story is farmed by the time period – early Edwardian London – and by the social issues involving women (Adelaide is a champion for women’s rights). “Confronting the Invisible” is another fine entry to the Carlyle & West mystery series.
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  • Heather Black
    4.0 out of 5 stars the point of the book wasn’t the mystery
    Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021
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    this is going to be a plot spoiler. this book is about cholera and nursing. the nursing was quite beautiful (especially as i am a nurse) and the details about cholera were well done. but it was hardly a mystery. and everything works out and everyone apologizes to Mr. and Mrs. West. there needs to be more challenge (yes, cholera is quite challenging but read the book and you will see what i mean).
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  • Jeremiah Crouch
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, absolutely wonderful
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2021
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    I wasn't sure that you could top the last book but this one definitely did. The story was so thrilling in an edge of your seat kind of way. The end brought tears of joy to my eyes. This series just gets better and better.
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  • Toni
    5.0 out of 5 stars great read
    Reviewed in Canada on January 22, 2021
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    this book keepet your your interest through the whole book and one can truly relate to the characters, love to read more like this.
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  • Larry Seabrook
    5.0 out of 5 stars Real life in old London
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2022
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    Life in Queen Vic time was very hard. Our modern world would not be able to cope. The book paints a picture of those hard times.
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  • Kilbaddy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Laying ghosts and stopping an epidemic in Victorian London
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2021
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    Early in the third book of this series the detection team witnesses a circus high wire accident. Or was it? Soon, the now newly married curate, Matthew West, and his lively suffragist wife Adelaide and her doctor father James Carlyle are facing a double challenge when children begin to vanish from the village and gossip spreads of ghostly faces floating high in the dark. This unlikely set of events proves to be connected and, in making those connections, Adelaide and her father uncover a much greater and more sinister enemy lurking in the stews of the Limehouse Basin of London which they battle to conquer, with the aid of a carmugeonly Inspector Jennings but in the face of a vengeful newspaper reporter with revenge in mind.
    This book is energetically written, full of plot elements and information about the backgrounds to the unusual events, including clear explanations of the problems of disease and crime ravaging the slums of London in the 19th century. An elderly Florence Nightingale appears briefly as Adelaide’s mentor, nodding towards her future development in the next book. The relationships of the main characters ring true and Adelaide is a strong female lead. I did find, however, that Dr Carlyle ‘chuckled’ too much, not always appropriately, and that too many modern speech idioms crept into what should have been Victorian dialogue. Nevertheless, the pace is swift and the writing easy and absorbing to read.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rattling good read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2021
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    Thoroughly enjoyed this instalment in Adelaide and Matthew's lives.
    They're such well crafted characters along with Dr Carlyle and Inspector Jennings that you really feel as if you know them.
    Interesting plot that draws you in and gets you right into the heart of the story.
    Looking forward to the next book in this series.
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  • Trisha
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hardship
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2021
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    A life of crime that leads murder. Sickness and poverty. The husband and wife team have to contend with such evil.
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