Walters, Charlotte Anne
Barefoot on Baker Street
Barefoot on Baker Street is set in late Victorian London where a life of crime is the only way to escape poverty and servitude for one bright young workhouse orphan. The narrative follows Red on her incredible life-journey as it twists and turns through poverty, riches, infatuation, loss and love. A dramatic escape from the workhouse at thirteen propels Red into a world of slum housing, street gangs, prostitution and petty crime as the rapidly expanding city groans under the weight of the industrial revolution. A chance meeting with the mysterious and eccentric Sherlock Holmes prompts an infatuation which cuts through her street-wise bravado. Red's blossoming criminal career also brings her to the attention of Professor James Moriarty. An autistic savant riddled with obsessive compulsions, Moriarty is a dangerous criminal who draws Red into his life and onto a collision course with Holmes.
Keywords: Sherlock Holmes, mystery, crime, british crime, sherlock holmes novels, sherlock holmes fiction
- Author(s)
- Walters, Charlotte Anne
- Publisher
- Andrews UK
- Publication year
- 2019
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 4
- Page amount
- 306 pages
- Categories
- Novels
- Crime
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781780922546
- Printed ISBN
- 9781780922539