Author

Publication

2015 - Minotaur Books, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

86,000 words, Guess

Page Count

344 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • OCLC Control Number897346053
  • Better World BooksO7-AFW-809
  • Better World Books9781250054944
  • Better World Books635-BAA-166
  • Open LibraryOL27177516M

Classifications

  • DDC823/.92
  • LCCPR6102.L347 H53 2015
  • LCCPR6102.L347H53 2015

Description

"Blake continues the series Booklist calls "a solid winner" with a darkly rich mystery centered on an apparent suicide that leads Cragg and Fidelis down a treacherous path.The year is 1742, and the people of Preston are looking forward to their ancient once-every-twenty-years festival of merriment and excess, the Preston Guild. But the prospect darkens as the town plunges into a financial crisis caused by the death of pawnbroker and would-be banker Philip Pimbo, shot behind the locked door of his office. Is it suicide? Coroner Titus Cragg suspects so, but Dr Luke Fidelis disagrees. To untangle the truth Cragg must dig out the secrets of Pimbo's personal life, learn the grim facts of the African slave trade, search for a missing Civil War treasure and deal with the machinations of his old enemy Ephraim Grimshaw, now the town's mayor. Cragg relies once again on the help and advice of his analytical friend Fidelis, his astute wife Elizabeth and the contents of a well-stocked library.As in his previous Cragg and Fidelis stories, Robin Blake brings a vivid cast of characters to the page in this third historical mystery about the dramas that breeds below the surface of life in a provincial Georgian town."--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Cragg & Fidelis mysteries -- 3

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