Publisher's Synopsis
"Dickinson textures his canvas with historical detail as thick as the oil paint on one of his favourite paintings by Turner..." KIRKUS REVIEWS England, 1897. London is preparing for Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and the immense importance of the occasion inevitably brings danger in its wake. When a body is found floating in the Thames at London Bridge, Lord Francis Powerscourt, a private investigator, is called in. His research leads him to a mysterious mansion in Oxfordshire, where a second corpse is found, burnt to death, the door of the victim's room locked from the outside. As the investigation proceeds, Powerscourt realizes that his mission is far greater than simply to find a killer - upon his success or failure lies the triumph of the Imperial Jubilee...
