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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Historical adventure
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Riding
(Paperback)
Malcolm Archibald
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The third gripping instalment in an exciting new generation of Pitt
novels, from the New York Times bestselling author and queen of
Victorian crime, Anne Perry. It is 1910 and a warehouse fire on the
banks of the Thames has left one criminal dead and another charged
with his murder. Convinced of his innocence, Jessie Beale begs
barrister Daniel Pitt to defend the accused. It's a hopeless case -
unless Daniel can find an expert witness, whose testimony on fire
damage is so utterly convincing that any jury would believe him.
Daniel's friend Miriam fford Croft was taught by formidable
forensic scientist Sir Barnabas Saltram, who has built his
reputation on giving evidence of this kind. But when Saltram agrees
to testify, thus saving an innocent man from the gallows, Daniel
unwittingly starts a chain of events that has devastating
consequences for all of them...
Scottish politics is in stalemate. A growing sense of disquiet with
Westminster rule is frustrated as no permission is granted by
London for a second referendum on Scottish Independence. One man
decides to take action and disables a military convoy taking
nuclear warheads south from Scotland in order that they can undergo
maintenance. His success prompts more acts of civil disobedience
and before long he has become a cause celebre. The security
services are ordered to find and dispose of the man they call
'Dalriada'. Scotland rises in support as his acts become more
audacious.
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