Charles Maddox Series by Lynn Shepherd

3.43 · 42 ratings
  • Murder at Mansfield Park (Charles Maddox #1)
    #1

    Murder at Mansfield Park (Charles Maddox #1)

    Lynn Shepherd

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2010

    "Nobody, I believe, has ever found it possible to like the heroine of Mansfield Park ." --Lionel Trilling In this ingenious new twist on Mansfield Park , the famously meek Fanny Price--whom Jane Austen's own mother called "insipid"--has been utterly transformed; she is now a rich heiress who is spoiled, condescending, and generally hated throughout the county... more

  • The Solitary House (Charles Maddox #2)
    #2

    The Solitary House (Charles Maddox #2)

    Lynn Shepherd

    Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2012

    Lynn Shepherd’s first acclaimed novel of historical suspense, Murder at Mansfield Park, brilliantly reimagined the time of Jane Austen. Now, in this spellbinding new triumph, she introduces an unforgettable duo of detectives into the gaslit world of Dickens.London, 1850. Charles Maddox had been an up-and-coming officer for the Metropolitan police until a charge of insubordination abruptly ended his career. Now he works alone, struggling to eke out a living by tracking down criminals... more

  • A Fatal Likeness (Charles Maddox #3)
    #3

    A Fatal Likeness (Charles Maddox #3)

    Lynn Shepherd

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2013

    A mystery that explores the dark lives and unexplained secrets of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein.In the dying days of 1850 the young detective Charles Maddox takes on a new case. His client? The only surviving son of the long-dead poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein... more

  • The Pierced Heart (Charles Maddox #4)
    #4

    The Pierced Heart (Charles Maddox #4)

    Lynn Shepherd

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2014

    In a dazzling mystery inspired by Bram Stoker's much-beloved Dracula, the critically acclaimed author of The Solitary House and A Fatal Likeness, Lynn Shepherd-and her brilliant Victorian detective Charles Maddox-return in their biggest, most challenging literary suspense novel yet.Clever, eerie and compelling by turns, The Pierced Heart finds detective Charles Maddox traveling to the remote castle of the enigmatic Baron Von Reisenberg, a pioneering scientist with a terrible secret... more

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