The Small Museum
eBook - ePub

The Small Museum

A chilling historical mystery set against the Gothic backdrop of Victorian London

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Small Museum

A chilling historical mystery set against the Gothic backdrop of Victorian London

About this book

Winner of the Caledonia Novel Award

Longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award 2025

A shiver thrilled my spine at the thought of what might be contained in collections to be kept away from ordinary eyes ...

London, 1873. Madeleine Brewster's marriage to Dr Lucius Everley should have been the answer to her family's prayers. Lucius is a well-respected collector of natural curiosities - his 'Small Museum' is his life's work, although firmly kept under lock and key. His sister Grace's philanthropic work with fallen women also adds to the Everleys' polished reputation.

However, Maddie begins to suspect that unimaginable horrors lie behind their respectable fa ade. Then she is framed for a shocking crime that would take her to the gallows. Her only hope is her friend Caroline who must prove Maddie's innocence before the trial reaches its fatal conclusion.

'I was blown away by Jody Cooksley's The Small Museum' Stacey Thomas

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Information

Publisher
Allison & Busby
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9780749031626
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Crime & Mystery Literature
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Exhibit 1: Grey stone female figurine. Hellenic. Catalogued 1873.
  5. 2: Great Marlborough Street Public Office
  6. Exhibit 3: Carved bone doll. Egyptian Coptic. c.200 A.D.
  7. Exhibit 4: Opium bowl. Carved rosewood in primitive bird shape. Persian. c. 300 B.C.
  8. 5: The Marlborough Assizes
  9. Exhibit 6: Ichthyosaur snout. Mesozoic Age of reptiles c. 200m years B.C.
  10. Exhibit 7: Small surgeon’s bonesaw with rosewood handle. German. c. 1800s.
  11. 8: The Marlborough Assizes
  12. Exhibit 9: Ornate stiletto dagger, with silver handle. Stained on blade. Italian. c. 1600s.
  13. Exhibit 10: Brass facial clamp with magnifiers. c. 1813.
  14. Exhibit 11: Dried Hippocampus erectus. Cambodia.
  15. 12: The Marlborough Assizes
  16. Exhibit 13: Phrenology head, female features. Scottish pottery. Inscribed ‘Man Know Thyself’. c. 1835.
  17. Exhibit 14: Mummified crocodile with linen wrappings and inlaid glass eyes. Grave offering to the deity Sobek. Egyptian. c. 395 A.D.
  18. Exhibit 15: Ebony carving with circular head. Unnamed fertility goddess. African. Date unknown.
  19. 16: The Marlborough Assizes
  20. Exhibit 17: Spiked metal collar. Spanish. c. 1400s.
  21. Exhibit 18: Arm of Salmacis carved in alabaster. Missing thumb. Hellenic. c. 450 B.C.
  22. Exhibit 19: Leather belt with buckle made from the hind leg of a hare. Irish. c. 1750.
  23. 20: The Marlborough Assizes
  24. Exhibit 21: Punchinello figure with hunched back and stick. Painted porcelain. Italian. c. 1780.
  25. Exhibit 22: Belemnite. Cretaceous. c. 70m years B.C.
  26. Exhibit 23: Skeleton of conjoined baby with double skull. Siam. c. 1800s.
  27. 24: The Marlborough Assizes
  28. Exhibit 25: Bone tongue depressor. Early surgical. c. 1720.
  29. Exhibit 26: Wooden pole with bone hook. Boatman’s tool. c. 1820.
  30. Exhibit 27: Scallop shell, family Pectinidae. Dorset. Catalogued Wilkes, 1810.
  31. Exhibit 28: Human infant skullcap with overlapped cranial bones. Decorative tooling. c. 1873
  32. 29: Back Lane, Limehouse
  33. Exhibit 30: Set of taxidermy tools, with sharpening stone, in green baize roll. English. c. 1830.
  34. Exhibit 31: Stonemason’s chipping hammer. Double-ended. Wrought iron and oak. c. 1730.
  35. Exhibit 32: Scrimshaw nightstick with concealed dagger. Whalebone and pewter. c. 1780.
  36. 33: The Marlborough Assizes
  37. Exhibit 34: A horn grown from a human forehead. Origin unknown.
  38. Acknowledgements
  39. By Jody Cooksley
  40. About the Author
  41. Copyright