The Bells of Westminster (eBook)

Leonora Nattrass (Autor)

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2024
326 Seiten
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-80081-700-5 (ISBN)

Infos

* A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR ** A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK OF THE MONTH *'A splendid romp from a wonderfully clever historical novelist' - TELEGRAPH'An exhilarating voyage into another era' - FINANCIAL TIMESHe looked as if he had just received some very bad news. In that he was certainly right, for he was perfectly and incontrovertibly dead...London, 1774. Susan Bell - daughter of the kindly Dean of Westminster - enjoys a pleasantly uneventful life within the confines of the abbey. That is until a group of scholars from the Society of Antiquaries comes armed with a letter from King George III, giving them permission to exhume Edward I and examine his body.As they prepare to open the tomb, a ghostly figure is seen wandering the cloisters, wearing the crown of the dead king. Then one of the Antiquaries is found viciously murdered, and the corpse of Edward I is stolen. With the abbey in uproar and her father's position under threat from the scandal, Susan feels bound to investigate. Could one of the Society's members be harbouring a deadly secret, or is one of the abbey's own a killer?The new historical mystery from the bestselling author of Black Drop, Blue Water and Scarlet Town. Perfect for readers of Andrew Taylor, Laura Shepherd-Robinson and S.J. Parris.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.10.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: book club recommendations 2024 • books for men fiction • crime, thriller & mystery • eighteenth century Britain • french revolution politics coming of age • ghost haunted fiction • historical murder mysteries • locked room murder mysteries • The Square of Sevens • westminster abbey tombs
• ISBN-10: 1-80081-700-2 / 1800817002
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80081-700-5 / 9781800817005