Kingdom of lies

1st ed.

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Author

N. Lee Wood

Publication

2005 - St. Martins Minotaur, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

89,500 words, Guess

Page Count

358 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL3423715M
ISBN-100312340303
OCLC Control Number58919976
OCLC Control Numberkingdomoflies0000wood
Library of Congress Control Number2005045997

and 2 more

LibraryThing1648733
Goodreads570786

Classifications

DDC823/.912
LCCPR6073.O613 K56 2005

Description

"When a woman turns up drowned on the grounds of a royal estate, Leeds sergeant Keen Dunliffe is hoping it's just a case of a drunken skinny-dipper who fell and hit her head. But when the woman turns out to be a historian whose specialty is English royalty and politics in the eighteenth century and who was attending a conference at a local university, it's too much of a public relations nightmare to take lightly." The mystery deepens when two secretive men from the Met show up to ask Keen to befriend a colleague of the dead woman's - an American college professor named Dr. Jillie Waltham who was also at the conference - in the hopes that she can shed some light on the victim's life and work. Since tagging along with Jillie means he'll be able to spend some time with his twin sons, who are living with his ex-wife and her fiance in London, he's not that unhappy to have the assignment. But simple drowning or not, with two such high-ranking government officials interested in the case but unable to tell him why, Keen, known for his rebelliousness and bad temper, is liable to get into more trouble than ever before his investigation is finished."--The publisher.