Curious Murder Mysteries Death and the Running Patterer, Book 01, (Paperback)

from CRAZYELIZABETH

Sydney, Australia 1828, Nicodemus Dunne, a transported ex-Bow Street Runner on parole, is called on by Governor Darling to help solve a spate of unsolvable murders. He joins forces with the beautiful Rachel Dormin, a seamstress, but there are many twists and turns along the way. There are also nu...

from austcrimefiction

DEATH AND THE RUNNING PATTERER is the book that won Penguin's last Most Wanted Crime Writing competition, and there's a comment in the acknowledgements that explain a little about the development of the book: "I owe a debt to Robert Sessions, Penguin Australia's Publishing Director, who overcame ...

from austcrimefiction

DEATH AND THE RUNNING PATTERER is the book that won Penguin's last Most Wanted Crime Writing competition, and there's a comment in the acknowledgements that explain a little about the development of the book: "I owe a debt to Robert Sessions, Penguin Australia's Publishing Director, who overcame ...

from Denise701

The book I would most compare this to in terms of the way it works and in terms of its pacing is Imogene Robertson's mysteries, particularly her first book. The short chapters create the feeling of the Patterer's work itself; he's on the move here and there, not only investigating the murders, bu...

from Denise701

The book I would most compare this to in terms of the way it works and in terms of its pacing is Imogene Robertson's mysteries, particularly her first book. The short chapters create the feeling of the Patterer's work itself; he's on the move here and there, not only investigating the murders, bu...