Dive into this edge-of-your-seat Victorian-era thriller, as London's Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field investigates a string of unspeakable crimes set off byย the controversial publication On the Origin of Species.ย โIntellectually stimulating and viscerally exciting, The Darwin Affair is breathtaking from start to stop.โ โThe Wall Street Journal
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London, June 1860: When an assassination attempt is made on Queen Victoria, and a petty thief is gruesomely murdered moments laterโand only a block awayโChief Detective Inspector Charles Field quickly surmises that the crimes are connected. Was Victoria really the assassinโs target? Or were both crimes part of an even more sinister plot?
Fieldโs investigation soon exposes a shocking conspiracy: the publication of Charles Darwinโs controversial On the Origin of Species has set off a string of terrible crimesโmurder, arson, kidnapping. Witnesses describe a shadowy figure with lifeless, coal-black eyes. As the investigationย takes Field from the dangerous alleyways of London to theย hallowed halls ofย Oxford, the list of possible conspirators grows, and the body count escalates.ย And as he edgesย closer to the dastardly madman called the Chorister, he uncovers dark secrets that wereย meant to remain forever hidden.
A Barnes & Noble Discover Pick *ย Aย Wall Street Journal Best Mystery Book of the Year * Aย Readerโs Digest Best Summer Bookโ* A Forbes.com Best Historical Novel of the Summer