The Nightingale Affair, Tim Mason
The Nightingale Affair, Tim Mason
List: $27.99 | Sale: $19.59
Club: $13.99

The Nightingale Affair

Author: Tim Mason

Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/09/2023


Synopsis

In this twisty Victorian detective thriller from the author of The Darwin Affair, Inspector Charles Field hunts a serial killer with a sinister signature targeting Florence Nightingale’s nurses in Crimea and women in London. 

Tim Mason’s gripping new novel finds Inspector Charles Field hunting a ruthless serial killer who is terrorizing Florence Nightingale and her nurses in Crimea in 1855. But when the main suspect turns up dead, Field determines the case is closed. Or is it? Twelve years later in London, amidst the turmoil surrounding the expansion of voting rights, Field discovers a woman’s body, mouth covered by the killer’s signature embroidered rose. Did Field suspect the wrong man before, or is he dealing with a copycat? Either way, with his own family now at risk, he must race against time to stop the killer before more bodies turn up.

Populated with real figures of the day, from Benjamin Disraeli to Florence Nightingale herself, The Nightingale Affair offers vivid details, surprising twists, and an unforgettably creepy villain. A stand-alone novel, perfect for fans of Charles Finch’s Victorian detective stories.

About Tim Mason

Tim Mason is a playwright whose work has enjoyed numerous productions in New York City and throughout the world for decades. Among the awards he has received are a Kennedy Center Award, the Hollywood Drama-Logue Award, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Rockefeller Foundation grant. In addition to his dramatic plays, he wrote the book for Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, which had two seasons on Broadway and tours nationally every year. He is the author of one young adult novel, The Last Synapsid, published in 2009. The Darwin Affair is his first adult novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darlene on September 26, 2023

I found this to be a really intriguing historical mystery. It combines both real and fictional characters in a purely fictional story. The novel chronicles a series of murders centered around the nurses working with Florence Nightengale during the Crimean War and then a second series of murders a co......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on May 11, 2024

The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason is about private Inspector Daily, he at one time worked for Scotland Yard but due to things beyond his control he no longer does. When he is task with following in MP‘s wife due to an extra marital affair on his third time spying on the young wife and her lover he......more

Goodreads review by Ashley Baez Smith on June 09, 2024

In this twisty Victorian detective thriller from the author of The Darwin Affair, Inspector Charles Field hunts a serial killer with a sinister signature targeting Florence Nightingale’s nurses in Crimea and women in London. I struggled to get into this one. I was intrigued by the historical fiction......more

Goodreads review by Kenia on December 27, 2024

Dear Mr. Mason, Please write another Inspector Charles Field novel! Perhaps 'The Dickens Affair"? Please Please, Pretty Please. Yours Sincerely, Kenia......more

Goodreads review by Dawn (noladawnreads) on May 19, 2023

The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason 🥀 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Format: Digital Length: 400pgs Pub date: May 9, 2023 Publisher: Algonquin Genre: Historical fiction/Mystery 🥀 I love a historical fiction book. Step that up by it being a mystery and then giving actual historical events or people with known facts and I’m sold. I......more


Quotes

"Time-travel through the gilded halls and sinister streets of Victorian London and onward to the horrors of the Crimean War as a determined detective tracks a ruthless killer. Political intrigue, a backdrop of social upheaval, and a cast of nineteenth-century luminaries make this stylish, cleverly plotted thriller a must-read for fans of historical fiction."—Dean Jobb, author of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream

"The Nightingale Affair is the best kind of historical thriller — beautifully written, expertly plotted, and brimming with vivid characters and detail.  Tim Mason made a brilliant debut with The Darwin Affair, and this one is even better."—Daniel Stashower, author of American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper.