The Last DickensMatthew Pearl is the new shining star of literary fiction an immensely gifted author Dan Brown 1870. Charles Dickens is dead. The final instalment of his last manuscript has vanished. The script was last seen addressed to the publisher whose fortunes depend on it. Since its sudden disappearance, the only clue to its whereabouts is a trail of brutal murders. With his livelihood indeed his life in jeopardy, Dickens' publisher sets out to unravel the