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The Jaggard Case (Charles Dickens Investigations Book 10) Kindle Edition

by J. C. Briggs (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 305 ratings
Another thrilling adventure in Dickensian London! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian crime mysteries, A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield…

Dickens and Jones are investigating two different cases … but could they be linked?

London, 1851

With Superintendent Sam Jones away in Southampton on the trail of missing murderer Martin Jaggard, his wife, Elizabeth, enlists the help of Charles Dickens when her beloved servant, Posy, goes missing.

Meanwhile, Jones apprehends Jaggard’s mistress, Cora Davies, who is in possession of stolen jewels belonging to Jaggard’s murder victim, Sir William Pell.

But Jones is no closer to finding the man himself, so he returns to London where he believes Jaggard may be hiding.

Dickens and Jones discover that their separate cases both have links to Clerkenwell – a notorious haunt for criminals and forgers.

And when they suspect they are being followed, they realise Jaggard may be onto them.

Was Jaggard behind Posy’s abduction? Is the servant girl still alive?

Or will more victims be found dead in the mysterious Jaggard Case…?

The Jaggard Case is the tenth urban mystery in J. C. Briggs’ literary historical series, the Charles Dickens investigations, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London.

The Charles Dickens Investigations Series:
BOOK ONE: The Murder of Patience Brooke
BOOK TWO: Death at Hungerford Stairs
BOOK THREE: Murder by Ghostlight
BOOK FOUR: The Quickening and the Dead
BOOK FIVE: At Midnight In Venice
BOOK SIX: The Redemption Murders
BOOK SEVEN: The Mystery of the Hawke Sapphires
BOOK EIGHT: The Chinese Puzzle
BOOK NINE: Summons to Murder
BOOK TEN: The Jaggard Case
BOOK ELEVEN: The Waxwork Man
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B7K15DL7
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sapere Books
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 28, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1800557888
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  • Book 10 of 11 ‏ : ‎ Charles Dickens Investigations
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I write historical crime fiction. My amateur detective is the great Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens. Dickens was fascinated by crime and murder. He went out with the London Police into the grim slums of London and visited the police stations to see how they all worked. According to a recent biographer, Dickens would have enjoyed being a detective. I gave him his wish. He makes a good detective - he is very observant, very clever at working out motive and following the clues with his partner, Superintendent Jones of Bow Street.

Victorian London is a great setting for a murder mystery - all that fog and very sinister alleys. It is fascinating to research the period from Dickens's own novels, the biographies and Dickens's letters. I like to know what he's up to in the periods of his life when the stories take place. All the books are based on something which really happened in Dickens's life. He set up a home for fallen women. I wondered what he would do if one of the girls was murdered and that was the idea for the first book.

When I'm not reading Dickens or writing Dickens, I give talks about him and other Victorian novelists and enjoy my garden in the Yorkshire Dales.

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Customers enjoy the storytelling quality of the book, finding it thoroughly satisfying as both a novel and a mystery, with one customer noting it's never fails to keep readers entertained.

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  • Lady Author
    5.0 out of 5 stars Always Captivating
    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2023
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    There are those multi-volume series that grow stale, after a while. This series is not one of those. Excellent storytelling set in a place with millions of stories, locations and situations that are waiting to be revealed.
    Charles Dickens, whose life was tightly woven in the fabric of the Teeming City, is a wonderful leading character. The references to and quotations from his work and those of Shakespeare, Lord Byron, and others; the appearance of a pile of people and places to whose existence Google can attest is a sumptuous Feast for the reader.
    Spend some time with J. C. Briggs. You won't be disappointed .
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  • Walter-San Fran
    4.0 out of 5 stars A bit disappointing
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2022
    I have read all ten of Briggs' Charles Dickens mysteries and loved them all, but found this one a bit disappointing. First of all, it is too long. It could easily have been seventy-five pages shorter with no loss to the storyline. I struggled to get through the first 2/3 of the book. I usually get through these books in one to two days. This one took four. I couldn't get through more than one or two chapters without having to put it down. Briggs writes a terrific story. But in this one, I got bogged down on too many names. Basically, they are looking for a murderer and a missing young girl. There are so many murders of characters they interview or who knew the murderer and people who were probably murdered years before the story began with near and distant relations to the presumed murderer that it becomes too hard to keep them straight. During the second third of the novel, Briggs has Dickens constantly drifting off into tangents of thought that do nothing to forward the story but show all sorts of connections to his development of characters for his novels. I skimmed a lot during this third of the book. Fortunately, I stuck with it and the last third is just great and what we have come to expect of this series. It finally moves briskly along and concentrates on the investigation with a rousing conclusion. I will certainly read the next one, but hope there will be less tangents into Dickens ramblings aside from the story.
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  • Voracious Kindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another Terrific Read
    Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2022
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    I love this series for its originality, the humanity of the characters and the historical setting. They are thoroughly satisfying as novels or as mysteries and I especially recommend them if you enjoy suspenseful historical mysteries. I hope the author continues to create more works in this series.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Never fails
    Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2022
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    Briggs never fails to keep a reader entertained. Always satisfying . I love Charles Dickens being involved. The side characters always add to the srory.
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  • CW
    5.0 out of 5 stars Keep Them Coming!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2022
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    Very well written and researched stories, and an inspiring idea to make Charles Dickens a police investigator, by association. Always ready for another entry in the series!
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  • Annarella
    4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended
    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2022
    Another well plotted and entertaining historical mystery featuring Dickens. I had fun, enjoyed the plot and the solid mystery that kept me guessing.
    Recommended.
    Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine
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  • William Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Jaggard the Blackguard
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2022
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    Another terrific read from this excellent series.

    The book begins with effectively two stories which, fairly swiftly, emerge into one. The eponymous Jaggard is being pursued as a suspect in a murder by Superintendent Jones off the south coast of England as he tries to escape to America while Dickens enquires about the disappearance of a servant girl who lives with Jones and his family. The two soon become intertwined.

    Jaggard is not so easily caught however and remains an elusive, almost ghost-like character throughout the book. Spoken of in whispers and rumour and always seemingly out of reach.

    Forgery of currency is the principal crime and the background to events but, once again, J C Briggs brings what is generally thought to be a contemporary issue into Dickensian Britain with references to people trafficking for the purposes of prostitution weaving its way into the storyline. Only these unfortunate souls are not from Eastern Europe or the far east. They are plucked from the stench and poverty of Victorian London with the promise of a better life.

    I also have to say, the description of a pack of urchins working for Jaggard and behaving like hyenas stalking to bring down their prey in the darkness brings them sinisterly to life and sent a chill to the reader who felt compelled to check under the bed!

    Basically, the story is about the pursuit of Jaggard and the recovery of the servant girl but, as always, there are some wonderful Dickensian-esque characters and locations encountered along the way. The research is flawless and I would highly recommend not only this but every one of the 10 books in the series to date.

    Superb stuff.
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  • JJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable and involving story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2023
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    The story starts with Superintendent Jones heading out to sea to catch up with a passenger steamer on which he hopes to find the murderer of Sir William Pell. On dry land Dickens has been informed that a young servant girl he had placed in Jones’s household has gone missing after heading off with a new friend to visit the friend’s home.
    The stories merge and Jones and Dickens begin the hunt for the villainous coiner Martin Jaggard. Jaggard is a murderous yet mesmeric type who believes he really is a gentleman. People fall under his spell and won’t give him up even when things seem bad. He also uses the scary gangs of almost feral boys, homeless unloved children, as his eyes and ears as he keeps track of how close the police are getting.
    A very enjoyable book once you get going. I could almost have done with a glossary that explained some of the older terms that the author uses that aren’t in use any more. You get a good sense of time and place and there friendship between Dickens, Jones, Rogers, Stemp, Scrap and the rest.
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  • tippi two
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another atmospheric story involving Dickens
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2023
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    These books involving Charles Dickens helping Inspector Jones of Scotland Yard with his crime solving are a brilliant idea by J C Briggs. I`ve read them all up to now and besides the criminal investigations, they include lots of references to Dickens` home life and writing which is very interesting. The Jaggard Case is yet another intriguing story set in the atmosphere of Dickensian London.
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  • Annik Lamotte
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another fascinating and complex story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2022
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    J C Briggs converted me to being a Dickens enthusiast straight from the first book in this series. I thoroughly enjoyed this one,though as always the plot is fiendishly complicated. I was pleased to be able to refer to the ‘cast list’ at the end!
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  • john01793
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2023
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    Great book to read
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