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Kenneth Cameron is the author of one previous novel featuring Denton, THE FRIGHTENED MAN, as well as of plays staged in Britain and the US, and the award-winning Africa on Film: Beyond Black and White. He lives part of the year in northern New York State and part in the southern US.
Clever, compelling and atmospheric, we think it’s a must for any crime fan. Set in New York 1896, Louisa Conan Doyle (Arthur’s first wife) becomes embroiled in a gruesomely depraved series of murders that she has to solve while her husband is on a book tour of the US. Dripping with period detail the novel's heroine embodies the aspirations and fears of women at the time. Highly recommended.
April 2010 Editor's Choice. The third Denton mystery centres on political intrigue, terrorism 1900s-style and the beginnings of the British secret intelligence organization, as London becomes a hotbed of anarchist plotting. A great mystery thriller and a fascinating insight into the beginnings of the British intelligence agency. Dear Reader,Most great crime novels are just that: great crime novels. But occasionally one comes along that’s so good it reaches way beyond any mere genre. These are the ones that haunt us long after the last page has been turned, that change the way we think about things, the ones we simply call great novels. Kenneth Cameron’s The Second Woman belongs in that category.Denton is an American author living in London in the 1900s. He fought in the American Civil War. He’s seen death close up. He also had a disastrous marriage that ended with his wife’s suicide. But if he came to England looking to escape humanity’s dark side, he chose the wrong place.When a woman’s body is found in his back garden, it’s certainly a puzzle. But more mysterious than how she came to be there and who killed her is why officials from the ‘Home Office’ have elbowed the police aside and spirited the body away as if it never existed.As the East End fills with refugees from the pogroms and fears of anarchist bomb plots take hold of the public imagination, Denton has his own very personal reasons for trying to identify the dead woman. But his pursuit of the truth will lead him into a deadly labyrinth, replete with horrors even he has not encountered before, as he finds himself caught up in the painful birth of Britain’s first secret intelligence service. With its ingeniously crafted plot and rich cast of characters, this is crime-writing of the highest order. But Kenneth Cameron’s real achievement in The Second Woman is to bring a vanished world to startlingly vivid life while telling a story about freedom, secrecy and terror that is chillingly contemporary. I hope you enjoy it. And if you do, you’ll be pleased to learn that there are already two other books to read featuring Denton (The Frightened Man and The Bohemian Girl), and more on the way. I would welcome your thoughts on all of them.Yours sincerelyBill Massey Deputy Publishing Director, Orion Books
This is a holiday Denton will never forget...Denton has brought his lover, Janet Stryker, to Naples to recover from a near-fatal attack of typhus. While in Italy, Denton intends to write a light travel book on spiritualism and the supernatural on Naples.But when he tries to rent a newly renovated palazzo and is told by the agent that he can rent it for free if he dares first spend a night there, he knows the place must be haunted. He and Janet duly see an apparition of a tall, long-armed woman - a vision that inevitably leads to the discovery of a real body, to the story of an eccentric English peer with a terrible secrets and the involvement of the Camorra - the Neopolitan mafia. This is one holiday Denton will not forget.Don't miss the other books in the gripping Denton Mystery Series: 1. The Frightened Man 2. The Bohemian Girl 3. The Second Woman 4. The Haunted Martyr 5. The Backward Boy 6. The Past Master 7. The Oxford FellowIf you're looking for a gripping historical crime series look no further than the Denton Murder Mysteries. Perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton's Edwardian Murder Mysteries and Oscar de Muriel's Frey & McGray series.
The first three novels in the popular Denton mystery series featuring an amateur sleuth you'll never forget.THE FRIGHTENED MANWhen a clearly disturbed man shows up one evening saying he has just seen Jack the Ripper, Denton dismisses him as a fantasist. But the same night, the mutilated body of a teenage prostitute is found. Could the two events be connected?THE BOHEMIAN GIRLDenton is used to getting unconventional mail but one letter in particular peaks his curiosity. A note from a young woman, Mary, saying she's in terrible danger and needs his help. But the letter is months old and was only forwarded to him when the buyer of a painting found it stuck behind the frame. Presumably whatever Mary was frightened of has already happened. So why did she hide the note behind this particular painting instead of he sending it?THE SECOND WOMANWhen a mysterious Polish woman is murdered next door, Denton suspects there is more than meets the eye. Could the murdered woman be the victim of some sort of political conspiracy?Don't miss the other books in the gripping Denton Mystery Series: 1. The Frightened Man 2. The Bohemian Girl 3. The Second Woman 4. The Haunted Martyr 5. The Backward Boy 6. The Past Master 7. The Oxford FellowIf you're looking for a gripping historical crime series look no further than the Denton Murder Mysteries. Perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton's Edwardian Murder Mysteries and Oscar de Muriel's Frey & McGray series.
A murder close to home. A tangled web of murder and revenge. Can amateur sleuth Denton keep himself and London safe? When a mysterious Polish woman is murdered next door, Denton suspects there is more than meets the eye. Could the murdered woman be the victim of some sort of political conspiracy? As Denton gets drawn into the case, he realises that the life of Lydia Alken was more dangerous than he could have ever imagined. Encountering political unrest and falling victim to the fledgling British Intelligence Service, Denton discovers London is a hotbed of anarchist plotting threatening its future. And the real story behind Lydia's murder proves to be even more unsettling that he first thought. Don't miss the other books in the gripping Denton Mystery Series: 1. The Frightened Man 2. The Bohemian Girl 3. The Second Woman 4. The Haunted Martyr 5. The Backward Boy 6. The Past Master 7. The Oxford Fellow If you're looking for a gripping historical crime series look no further than the Denton Murder Mysteries. Perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton's Edwardian Murder Mysteries and Oscar de Muriel's Frey & McGray series.
London 1900. Meet Denton - novelist, outsider, amateur sleuth.When a clearly disturbed man shows up one evening saying he has just seen Jack the Ripper, Denton dismisses him as a fantasist or a sensation-seeker. But the same night, the mutilated body of a teenage prostitute is found. Could the two events be connected? While the police investigation grinds to a halt, Denton becomes obsessed with finding out who the victim really was and who killed her. As he doggedly pursues the truth, his search leads him into the darkest underbelly of London. And an encounter with a remarkable woman leads him to confront his own demons. Don't miss the other books in the gripping Denton Mystery Series: 1. The Frightened Man 2. The Bohemian Girl 3. The Second Woman 4. The Haunted Martyr 5. The Backward Boy 6. The Past Master 7. The Oxford Fellow If you're looking for a gripping historical crime series look no further than the Denton Murder Mysteries.
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