"How can you lose money growing a crop everyone wants with labour
that costs next to nothing?" In 1671 there are fortunes to be made
in Barbados, owning slaves and planting sugar cane. But drought,
floods, locusts and his own incompetence have brought Hubert
Umfraville down and caused him to flee the island in the most
humiliating fashion. Now back in England, he hopes to restore his
fortunes through extortion. In Barbados he has discovered a secret
that people here may pay him to keep quiet about. When his body is
found in the orchard of the house he has just rented in Essex,
there is no shortage of suspects. Has his intended blackmail victim
preempted him? Or has one or other of his old crimes caught up with
the failed plantation owner? John Grey, Essex magistrate and
husband of a famous London playwright, finds himself investigating
what seems to be the well-merited death of a former slave owner.
But as the list of suspects grows, and even encompasses a member of
his own family, Grey is forced to question the nature of justice
and what any of us is entitled to do to gain our freedom.
General
| Imprint: |
Constable
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
A John Grey Historical Mystery |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Authors: |
L. C. Tyler
|
| Dimensions: |
240 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4087-1871-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4087-1871-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781408718711 |
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