a tale of two murders by heather redmond

Was this just a fluke or is there some kind of connection between the two deaths? More importantly, who was responsible and why?

She was desperately ill as was Christina. Was this quite the accident or was this an intentional poisoning? Charles soon discovers that another girl died about a year ago. Lady Lugoson's dinner guests fear for their own safety after the kitchen is ordered to be stripped and cleaned. Their vigil ends by morning when Christina succombs to this strange attack. Both Charles and Kate remain there while Kate attends to the girl who is burning with fever. They find that Christina Lugoson, the young daughter, has fainted and appears quite ill. Charles and Kate pound on their door and gain admittance. But Charles' eye is held in the direction of Kate, the nineteen year old daughter, who brightens the room with her wit and her loveliness.Īs dessert is being served, a loud scream is heard coming from the home of Lady Lugoson, the barron's widow, who lives next door. Charles is recently launching his career as an entry level journalist at the Evening Chronicle. Heather Redmond introduces us to a twenty-two year old Charles Dickens who is dining in the home of his editor.

Families dine at their tables whether in abundance or in simple appreciation of even the most meager of a shared meal. January of 1835 in Brompton, outside of London, ushers in the New Year and adds the age-old desire for an Epiphany celebration. Just the right pressure and just the right persistence can shed light on even the darkest of situations. 'A very little key will open a very heavy door.' (Charles Dickens) But with a twist or two in this most peculiar case, he and Kate may be in for the worst of times. If Charles can find justice for the victims, it will be a far, far better thing than he has ever done. The lovely Kate offers to help-using her social position to gain access to the members of the upper crust, now suspects in a murder. When Charles hears from a colleague of a very similar mysterious death a year ago to the date, also a young woman, he begins to suspect poisoning and feels compelled to investigate. By morning, the poor young woman will be dead.

Charles, Kate, and her father rush to the neighbors' home, where Miss Christiana Lugoson lies unconscious on the floor. They are having the best of times when a scream shatters the pleasant evening. Invited to dinner at the estate of the newspaper's co-editor, Charles is smitten with his boss's daughter, vivacious nineteen-year-old Kate Hogarth. In the winter of 1835, young Charles Dickens is a journalist on the rise at the Evening Chronicle. On the eve of the Victorian era, London has a new sleuth.

A tale of two murders by heather redmond