Another thrilling adventure in Dickensian London! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian crime mysteries, A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield... Dickens and Jones are investigating two different cases ... but could they be linked? London, 1851 With Superintendent Sam Jones away in Southampton on the trail of missing murderer Martin Jaggard, his wife, Elizabeth, enlists the help of Charles Dickens when her beloved servant, Posy, goes missing. Meanwhile, Jones apprehends Jaggard's mistress, Cora Davies, who is in possession of stolen jewels belonging to Jaggard's murder victim, Sir William Pell. But Jones is no closer to finding the man himself, so he returns to London where he believes Jaggard may be hiding. Dickens and Jones discover that their separate cases both have links to Clerkenwell - a notorious haunt for criminals and forgers. And when they suspect they are being followed, they realise Jaggard may be onto them. Was Jaggard behind Posy's abduction? Is the servant girl still alive? Or will more victims be found dead in the mysterious Jaggard Case...? The Jaggard Case is the tenth urban mystery in J. C. Briggs' literary historical series, the Charles Dickens investigations, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London. The Charles Dickens Investigations Series: BOOK ONE: The Murder of Patience BrookeBOOK TWO: Death at Hungerford StairsBOOK THREE: Murder by GhostlightBOOK FOUR: The Quickening and the DeadBOOK FIVE: At Midnight In VeniceBOOK SIX: The Redemption MurdersBOOK SEVEN: The Mystery of the Hawke SapphiresBOOK EIGHT: The Chinese PuzzleBOOK NINE: Summons to MurderBOOK TEN: The Jaggard CaseBOOK ELEVEN: The Waxwork Man
