The Street Philosopher

A powerful novel, set in Victorian England, perfect for fans of THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER and THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. Ambitious young journalist Thomas Kitson arrives at the battlefields of the Crimea as the London Courier's man on the ground. It is a dangerous place, but Kitson is determined to make his mark. Two years later, as Sebastopol burns, Thomas returns to England under mysterious circumstances. Desperate to forget the atrocities of the Crimea, he takes a job as a 'street philosopher', a society writer reporting on the gossip of the day. But Thomas's past returns to haunt him in the most horrifying way...