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Retail\*\*Madmen see monsters - and monsters hide in plain sight\*\*From a basement office in London's notorious Bethlehem Hospital, Sebastian Becker investigates wealthy eccentrics whose dubious mental health may render them unable to manage their own affairs. His interview with rich landowner Sir Owain Lancaster, whose sanity has been in question since a disastrous scientific adventure in the Amazon killed his family and colleagues, coincides with the disappearance of two young local girls. When the children are found slain, Lancaster claims that the same dark forces that devastated his family have followed him home. It is not the first time that children have come to harm in his rural countryside town, though few are willing to speak of incidents from the past. Becker must determine whether this mad nobleman is insane and a murderer, or if some even more sinister agency is at work. Struggling on his small salary, and with unexpected help from a son who needs special care, Becker and his wife make sacrifices so Becker can stay on the case after an innocent man is convicted of the crime. The answers he seeks may be found with the assistance of the local investigator and a young su

Who reads The Bedlam Detective : a Novel?

Author

Stephen Gallagher

Publisher

Crown

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307406651

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Thriller, Psychological, Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (607 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14