When the Devil Drives

Name: When the Devil Drives
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Caro Peacock
ISBN: 9781787713352

Author: Caro Peacock

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Published: 03/01/2019

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Autumn, 1839. As the London nights darken, rumours spread about the devil's chariot, which preys on young women walking alone at night. Novice private investigator Liberty Lane has no time for such horror stories, so when a poetic young man begs her to find his missing fiancee, she accepts, suspecting there is a more prosaic explanation. Meanwhile, she is engaged to help prevent a royal scandal involving Prince Albert's worldlier brother, Prince Ernest. Liberty begins work on both cases, but when young women begin showing up dead, the tales of the devil's chariot don't seem so ridiculous any more.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea

Another suspenseful read set in Victorian England with Liberty Lane as the main character who is on the case every time there is something top secret to investigate and nothing is ever as it first appears to be. When the Devil Drives is a haunting story of girls who disappear and then turn up dead......more

Goodreads review by Mary

I really like Caro Peacock's Liberty Lane mysteries. They are set in the 1830's when Queen Victoria was very young—in this one, just at the beginning of falling in love with her Albert. Liberty tends to find herself being drawn into political intrigues as she pursues her living as an investigator. S......more

Goodreads review by Maryanne

First class: Beautifully plotted with nice twists, incisive writing, independent and clever protagonist. Love the dialogue between Liberty Lane and her second, street-urchin Tabby; love the Victorian gothic elements which curl through her stories like Victorian London lamplight and mist.......more