Chad Hobbes Historical Crimes Series
The Chad Hobbes Historical Crime series by Seán Haldane is a collection of detective mysteries set in the Victorian era. The stories are rich with historical detail, cultural nuances, and psychological depth, as Haldane draws on his experience as a neuropsychologist and his knowledge of the criminal justice system.
Books in this Series (2)
In the ramshackle capital of one of the last colonies in North America, a few thousand settlers aspire to the values of the Victorian age while coexisting beside a population of native Indians that vastly outnumbers them. Their cautious peace is challenged when a body is discovered: Dr. McCrory, an American alienist whose methods included phrenology,…
In 1871 Chad Hobbes and his Tsimshian wife Lukswaas are on their way to England when Chad is asked to solve a new murder on Prince Edward Island, in the Atlantic. Its Mi'kmaq name is Abegweit: 'Cradled on the Waves'. The Mi'kmaq are now outnumbered by French and English-speaking settlers and the island is in debt and under pressure to join Canada.…