What I'm reading now and swept away into total immersion!
I'm reading David Morrell's Historical Thriller MURDER AS A FINE ART and must say at first I was put off by the title, given the way violence is sometimes romanticized. However, as soon as I began reading I found this was not the case at all in his book.
This eloquently written novel is based on a true story and fascinating in every way. I love gas-lit London and that is the era in which the novel takes place, and so finely, thoroughly, and convinceingly drawn by the author you do feel you are there. David Morrell's talent as a writer enables him to include fascinating historical information, describing what it was like to live in 1854 London, without interfering with the flow of the story, and only enhancing ones reading.  
Murder as a Fine Art is the title of an essay written by Thomas De Quincey, a real historical person and a character in this book struggling to support his family, fighting his grief, and opium addiction, traveling with his devoted daughter who he has raised to be a woman sure of herself and one who feels on equal par with any man, which shocks the Detective and Bobby involved with a case that is linked to De Quincy's essay.
I'm only a third way through the book but loving it. The reviews are right. MURDER AS A FINE ART is a masterpiece. Highly recommend.