Blake and Avery
Putnam
April 2016
On Sale: March 29, 2016
420 pages ISBN: 0399171681 EAN: 9780399171680 Kindle: B0113LYC12 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Blake and Avery return in the stunning sequel to M. J. Carterβs lauded fiction debut, The Strangler Vine.
London, 1841. Returned from their adventures in India, Jeremiah Blake and William Avery have both had their difficulties adapting to life in Victorian England. Moreover, time and distance have weakened the close bond between them, forged in the jungles of India. Then a shocking series of murders in the world of Londonβs gutter press forces them back together.
The police seem mysteriously unwilling to investigate, then connections emerge between the murdered men and the growing and unpredictable movement demanding the right to vote for all. In the back streets of Drury Lane, among criminals, whores, pornographers, and missionaries, Blake and Avery must race against time to find the culprit before he kills again.
But what if the murderer is being protected by some of the highest powers in the land?
© 2003-2026