One Dove

by Stephen Gallagher

"Soiled Dove" (slang, British, coined in the nineteenth century for a woman of lost reputation) Standalone short story featuring Sebastian Becker, Special Investigator to the Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy. This period mystery with an Edwardian setting includes the sample first chapter of THE AUTHENTIC WILLIAM JAMES.

28 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 10, 2017

About the author

Stoker and World Fantasy Award nominee, winner of British Fantasy and International Horror Guild Awards for his short fiction, Stephen Gallagher has a career both as a novelist and as a creator of primetime miniseries and episodic television. His fifteen novels include Chimera, Oktober, Valley of Lights and Nightmare, with Angel. He's the creator of Sebastian Becker, Special Investigator to the Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy, in a series of novels that includes The Kingdom of Bones, The Bedlam Detective, and The Authentic William James. In his native England he's adapted and created hour-long and feature-length thrillers and crime dramas. In the US he was lead writer on NBC's Crusoe, creator of CBS Television's Eleventh Hour, and Co-Executive Producer on ABC's The Forgotten. Recent screen credits include an award-winning Silent Witness and Stan Lee's Lucky Man.

He began his TV career as a writer on two seasons of Doctor Who, and wrote two novelizations of his stories under the pseudonym John Lydecker.

** Photo by Lisa Bowerman **

Reviews

[Canavan · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sebastian Becker,special investigator of the Visitor in Lunacy becomes interested in the suicide of Joseph Sachsm, a Bethlam resident, because of melancholy due the death of his wife.
An enjoyable short story