* A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK OF THE MONTH * '[An] entertaining historical mystery' - SUNDAY TIMES 'A wonderfully clever historical novelist' - DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Vivid characters and wonderful descriptions make this novel sparkle' - DAILY MAIL He 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 spends her days within the confines of Westminster Abbey, one of many who live in the grounds of the ancient ...
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* A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK OF THE MONTH * '[An] entertaining historical mystery' - SUNDAY TIMES 'A wonderfully clever historical novelist' - DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Vivid characters and wonderful descriptions make this novel sparkle' - DAILY MAIL He 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 spends her days within the confines of Westminster Abbey, one of many who live in the grounds of the ancient building. Her father, the kindly Dean of Westminster, is always busy keeping the many canons and vergers in check, when not being romantically pursued by forceful widows. Life at the abbey is uneventful, even after the unwelcome arrival of Susan's cousin Lindley and his unusual scientific demonstrations. That is until the Society of Antiquaries come armed with a letter from King George III, demanding to open the tomb of Edward I. As the Society prepares to open the tomb, a ghostly figure is seen walking the abbey cloisters, wearing the crown and shroud of the dead king. Then there is further uproar when one of the Antiquaries is found viciously murdered, and the corpse of Edward I is stolen. With her father's position under threat from the scandal, Susan feels duty-bound to investigate these strange occurrences. Could one of the Society members be harbouring a murderous 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. 'Memorable and utterly engaging' - S.G. MACLEAN 'Nattrass is a master storyteller' - JANICE HALLETT 'One of my favourite historical fiction authors' - PHILIPPA EAST
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