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Death in St James's Park Susanna Gregory

Death in St James's Park By Susanna Gregory

Death in St James's Park by Susanna Gregory


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Superspy of Restoration London, Thomas Chaloner foils an uprising in his eighth outing

Death in St James's Park Summary

Death in St James's Park: 8 by Susanna Gregory

Five years after Charles II's triumphant return to London there is growing mistrust of his extravagant court and of corruption among his officials - and when a cart laden with gunpowder explodes outside the General Letter Office, it is immediately clear that such an act is more than an expression of outrage at the inefficiency of the postal service.

As intelligencer to the Lord Chamberlain, Thomas Chaloner cannot understand why a man of known incompetence is put in charge of investigating the attack while he is diverted to make enquiries about the poisoning of birds in the King's aviary in St James's Park. Then human rather than avian victims are poisoned, and Chaloner knows he has to ignore his master's instructions and use his own considerable wits to defeat an enemy whose deadly tentacles reach into the very heart of the government: an enemy who has the power and expertise to destroy anyone who stands in the way ...

Death in St James's Park Reviews

Intricately plotted and full of evocative period atmosphere * Good Book Guide *
Intrigue, detection, and action are blended perfectly with plot elements drawn from historical details that make the era come to life * Publishers Weekly *

About Susanna Gregory

Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked seventeen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology.

She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.

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GOR005030799
9780751544336
0751544337
Death in St James's Park: 8 by Susanna Gregory
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2013-10-17
464
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