When a blackened body is discovered buried beneath a hot-house,
Coroner Titus Cragg uncovers a tale of scandalous secrets
stretching back almost twenty years. "Blake again demonstrates why
he belongs in the first rank of historical mystery novelists" -
Publishers Weekly Starred Review "Coroner Cragg. You think you can
find out what happened at this house? You are mistaken. You can
never find out." November, 1747. County Coroner Titus Cragg has
been called to the scene of a gruesome slaughter at a rural
farmhouse: a mother and her four children brutally murdered in
their own home. Were they killed by the man who should have
protected them: their husband and father? And what role is played
by the peculiar religious cult the family belongs to? Perhaps the
mute boy who lives in the dog kennel knows the truth. Meanwhile,
Titus's friend Dr Luke Fidelis is a guest of wealthy landowner and
local magistrate John Blackburne at nearby Orford Hall. When a
blackened but well-preserved body is discovered deep beneath
Blackburne's hot-house, Cragg and Fidelis are asked to investigate.
But how can they make headway when, as they soon learn, this corpse
might have been in the ground for centuries? Gradually, Titus
pieces together a tale of secrets, scandal and thwarted passion -
and uncovers a shocking connection between the body under the
hothouse and the slaughter in the farmhouse.
General
| Imprint: |
Severn House Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
A Cragg and Fidelis Mystery |
| Release date: |
February 2022 |
| Authors: |
Robin Blake
|
| Dimensions: |
224 x 146 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7278-9071-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
Historical mysteries
|
| LSN: |
0-7278-9071-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780727890719 |
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