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It's 1761. Robert Fairfax, chancing upon a stagecoach tipped into a ditch beside the road with two of its passengers lying dead, is propelled into a baffling and complex investigation into what turns out to be more than a simple highway robbery.
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THE COMPLAINT OF THE DOVE has more than a charismatic protagonist. March has created a felicitously realised Georgian mystery, and setting a detective novel in the age of Moll Flanders is a masterstroke... THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY is equally as exuberant (THE TIMES)
THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY:
'March writes in an engaging, easy-to-read style and draws the reader in from the very beginning to her well-spun web of a story... A well-paced, exciting book and I eagerly await the third installment of Fairfax's adventures' Historical Novel Review
'THE COMPLAINT OF THE DOVE has more than a charismatic protagonist. March has created a felicitously realised Georgian mystery, and setting a detective novel in the age of Moll Flanders is a masterstroke... THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY is equally as exuberant' The Times
'Fairfax is a fine character, both as a detective and as a guide to his age... This series looks like one that's set to run for a while' shots
THE COMPLAINT OF THE DOVE:
'A clever and accomplished first novel...witty and convincing; for fans of period dramas such as Moll Flanders and Tom Jones, this will slip down like a cup of sherbet.' Scotland on Sunday
'A gloriously rich tale of London at its grandest and seamiest, well told, at a cracking pace.' Newcastle upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
'Written well with a great deal of self-assurance. I liked the period detail and the characterisation of the large cast of suspects' Deryn Lake, Shots
"The Complaint of the Dove has more than a charismatic protagonist. March has created a felicitously realised Georgian mystery, and setting a detective novel in the age of Moll Flanders is a masterstroke" The Times Crime supplement
Fairfax is a fine character, both as a detective and as a guide to his age... This series looks like one that's set to run for a while (SHOTS)
March writes in an engaging, easy-to-read style and draws the reader in from the very beginning to her well-spun web of a story... A well-paced, exciting book and I eagerly await the third installment of Fairfax's adventures (HISTORICAL NOVEL REVIEW)
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The second title in this new crime series, set in the vibrant age of the recently televised, and hugely popular, Moll Flanders and Tom Jones
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- EditoreHeadline Book Publishing
- Data di pubblicazione1999
- ISBN 10 0747222010
- ISBN 13 9780747222019
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine320
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Devil's Highway
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Devil's Highway by Hannah March. 1999. Hardback. UK first edition. Book and jacket in near fine condition. Jacket has not been price clipped. Clean throughout. Bookseller Inventory #HFB001741. Codice articolo 001741
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Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper, 1st edition. Traveling to his new employer's country home, private tutor Robert Fairfax discovers a tipped stagecoach-and the dead bodies within it. But this is more than a robbery. And the victims are not who they appear to be. Codice articolo FM18.073
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Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First UK Edition. Book. Codice articolo 002508
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Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed to title page. Fine in protected dustwrapper. Codice articolo 46008
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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition First Printing With All Numbers 1 Through To 10 - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Not Illustrated. Red Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titled Spine - No Visible Wear. Unclipped Jacket In Similar Condition. Codice articolo 009672
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