Book description
Charles Cranbrook, collapses and dies a horrific death at The
Priory, the neo-gothic house bought with his wealthy wife Cecilia's
money. Was he murdered, or did he take his own life? In the course of
the inquest, it emerges that beautiful Cecilia had been involved in a
scandalous affair that is the talk of London. In Fell the Angels,
based on the notorious Victorian murder involving Charles and Florence
Bravo and Dr James Gully, proponent of the water cure', John Kerr
reaches beneath the veneer of Victorian respectability and twists the
ingredients of enormous fortune, sexual adventure, domestic abuse,
avarice and jealousy into a satisfying whole. Expertly researched,
Kerr reaches an intriguing solution to the case.
John Kerr's writing draws on many years' study of European and
American history. His novel Cardigan Bay was published in 2008, followed
by the novel A Rose in No Man's Land in 2011. Kerr received a J. D. from
the University of Texas and a B. A. from Stanford University, where he
studied history, literature, and poetry. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.
