The notorious author Thomas De Quincey turns detective in a harrowing Victorian thriller from master storyteller David Morrell, which won the Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery 2014.
Thomas De Quincey Séria
Táto séria vás zavedie do viktoriánskeho Londýna, kde sa intelektuálne debaty stretávajú s temnými tajomstvami. Sledujte napínavé vyšetrovania v čase, keď zločin a obchod s ópiom sú neoddeliteľne spojené. Protagonisti sa pohybujú na hrane zákona aj morálky, aby odhalili pravdu v kulisách dobových intríg a spoločenských kontrastov.
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