Grim Reaper - Brossura

Knight, Bernard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0671029673 ISBN 13: 9780671029678

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster UK, 2002

Riassunto

May 1195, and Sir John de Wolfe is faced with a strange series of serial murders, which begins with the suffocation of a Jewish money-lender and proceeds through that of a London harlot, a dissolute priest and a burgess suspected of abusing young boys. The common factor is that an appropriate Biblical text is left at each murder scene, the mode of which reflects the alleged sin of the victim. This means that a literate and Bible-learned killer is involved - which, in an age where only 1% of the population can read or write - can only be a priest. There are at least twenty-five parish churches in Exeter, so the killer could be any one of more than a hundred clerics. Crowner John sets about to discover the identity of the homicidal priest.

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Recensione

'Detection and suspense are combined with historical authenticity' Daily Mail
'John de Wolfe is a truly powerful character' Shots
'Bernard Knight brings medieval Exeter to life with gritty realism, smells and all, but with an underlying sympathy and humour' Historical Novels Review

L'autore

Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, became a Home Office Pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. During his 40-year career with the Home Office, he performed over 25,000 autopsies, and was involved in many high profile cases, including that of Fred and Rose West, and the child killer, Mary Bell. The author of numerous popular and academic non-fiction books, he has written thirteen novels in the Crowner John mystery series. Professor Knight lives in Cardiff.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0671029673
• ISBN 13: 9780671029678
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368