{"product_id":"2026200017185-secondhand-brigade-further-adventures-of-inspector-lestrade","title":"Brigade: Further Adventures Of Inspector Lestrade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fog-drenched streets of Victorian England, Inspector Lestrade — Scotland Yard's most tenacious and underestimated detective — returns to face a fresh round of baffling crimes, treacherous villains, and the ever-present shadow of his more celebrated contemporaries. Brigade chronicles the further exploits of Lestrade as he navigates the labyrinthine corridors of late 19th-century London, piecing together clues that others have overlooked, proving once again that dogged perseverance can outmatch even the most brilliant of deductive minds. M.J. Trow resurrects a figure long consigned to the margins of the Sherlock Holmes canon, reinventing him as a fully realised hero whose grit, sardonic wit, and street-level cunning carry him through the darkest corners of the Empire.\n\nTrow's narrative is steeped in meticulous period detail, capturing the gaslit atmosphere and rigid class hierarchies of Victorian Britain with confident, assured prose that balances sharp humour with genuine suspense. The novel sits squarely within the tradition of British detective fiction, yet subverts it delightfully by placing a secondary character at centre stage — a man history has dismissed, but Trow argues deserves far greater credit. Fans of Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Perry, and the golden age of mystery will find in Lestrade a protagonist whose modest origins mask an extraordinary tenacity — and the question of just how far that tenacity will carry him has never been more compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216190382299,"sku":"2026200017185-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c5e15ae0-0ab3-48c2-9851-795d40013fb9.png?v=1788404940","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017185-secondhand-brigade-further-adventures-of-inspector-lestrade","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}