Most of our events can be watched live on the Murder By The Book YouTube page, which can be found HERE. When it’s time for the event to begin, you should be able to refresh the page until the live video shows up as a new post. She is also the author of a series featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt's son, Daniel, including One Fatal Flaw and Death with a Double Edge the Elena Standish series, including Death in Focus and A Question of Betrayal five World War I novels nineteen holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Legacy and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Byzantine Empire. Liss lives in San Antonio with his wife and children.Īnne Perry is the New York Times bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. He has worked on numerous comics projects, including Black Panther and Mystery Men for Marvel, The Spider and Green Hornet for Dynamite, and Angelica Tomorrow. Many of Liss's novels are currently being developed for television or film. He is also the author of the middle grade Randoms series. The Coffee Trader (2003) was also named a New York Times Notable Book and was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the year's 25 Books to Remember. His previous books include A Conspiracy of Paper, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and won the 2001 Barry, Macavity and Edgar Awards. Desperate for counsel, he seeks the advice of a lycanthropic medium and London's unacceptable occult society, including a strange fellow named Aleister Crowley.David Liss is the author of fourteen novels, as well as numerous novellas, short stories, and comics. If Thomas is going to save the family business-and stop turning into a tree-he'll need help from some rather improper companions. Proper society scoffs at the notion of magic, even as it seeps into their buildings, transfiguring the rich and poor alike. Perhaps it is all the fault of the long-rumored 'Peculiarities' lurking in London's grey fog?

Far worse, leaves are sprouting on Thomas's skin. His childhood friend has died under mysterious circumstances. His elder brother may be sabotaging the family's bank. Thomas's problems are more serious than those of a typical young Victorian gentleman. 'Intricate plotting, exquisite pacing, crackling suspense, and fascinating historical rabbit hole revelations.' Rooted in strange conspiracies and secret societies, this absurdist comedic romp combines strange bedfellows with murderous creatures, resulting in an unexpectedly delightful consequences. From popular historical fiction author David Liss (A Conspiracy of Paper) comes the tale of a clueless young man embroiled in a deadly supernatural mystery in Victorian London.

The Peculiarities by David Liss