The Assassin's Riddle - Brossura

Doherty, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0747254389 ISBN 13: 9780747254386

Casa editrice: Headline, 1997

Riassunto

It's the summer of 1380 and the corpse of Edwin Chapler, clerk of the Office of the Green Wax of the Chancery, has been pulled from the Thames: Chapler has drowned, but not before he received a vicious blow to the back of the head. Then Bartholomew Drayton, a usurer and money-lender, is found dead in his strongroom, a crossbow firmly embedded in his chest: a real mystery because the windowless strongroom was locked and barred from the inside. So who killed him? And how? And are the two deaths connected? Sir John Cranston, the Coroner of the City of London, comes to survey the scene. When other clerks are murdered, each with a riddle pinned to his corpse, Cranston enlists the help of his secretarius, Brother Athelstan – and together they must pit their wits against a deadly adversary bent on murder and mayhem.

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Descrizione del libro:

A thrillingly entertaining Sorrowful Mystery featuring Brother Athelstan

L'autore:

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Headline
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0747254389
• ISBN 13: 9780747254386
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288