A Fever Of The Blood Av Oscar De Muriel

<p><b>A spellbinding concoction of crime, history and horror, perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Jonathan Creek<br></b><b><br>''A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery''</b><i>NEW YORK TIMES<br></i><b>''I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic'' </b>IAN RANKIN<br>_______<br><br><i><b>New Year''s Day, 1889.</b><br><br></i>In Edinburgh''s lunatic asylum, a patient escapes as a nurse lays dying. Leading the manhunt are legendary local Detective ''Nine-Nails'' McGray and Londoner-in-exile Inspector Ian Frey. <br><br>Before the murder, the suspect was heard in whispered conversation with a fellow patient - a girl who had been mute for years.<br><br>What made her suddenly break her silence? And why won''t she talk again? Could the rumours about black magic be more than superstition?<br><br>McGray and Frey track a devious psychopath far beyond their jurisdiction, through the worst blizzard in living memory, into the shadow of Pendle Hill - home of the Lancashire witches - <b>where uni