Murder as a fine art

By David Morrell

Subjects: Serial murderers, Fathers and daughters, Large type books, London (england), fiction, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Fiction, Social life and customs, Serial murders, fiction

Description: Thomas De Quincey, best known for his sensational memoir Confessions of an Opium Eater, is the prime suspect in a series of horrific murders that paralyze London. The killer seems to be imitating De Quincey's true-crime essay "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts." Desperate to prevent more atrocities but crippled by addiction, De Quincey is aided by his brilliant daughter, Emily, and two determined Scotland Yard detectives.