Death in the Valley of Shadows

Deryn Lake

ISBN 10: 0749006412 / ISBN 13: 9780749006419

Editore: Allison & Busby, London, 2003

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Titolo: Death in the Valley of Shadows

Casa editrice: Allison & Busby, London

Data di pubblicazione: 2003

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: As New

Condizione sovraccoperta: As New

Edizione: First Edition

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Preparing to become a father for the very first time, Apothecary John Rawlings leaves the heavily pregnant Emilia occupied with maternal matters and turns his attention to his business, rather neglected of late. Working in the shop one early afternoon, John is taken aback when a middle-aged stranger rushes in through the door looking panic-stricken. The man is not seeking a cure for a terrible ailment, however, but a place to hide. John agrees and a moment or two later a formidable woman comes to the counter enquiring if the Apothecary has seen anyone answering the description of the stranger he has in his back room. John sends her on her way and, intrigued, goes to question the fellow.
It transpires that the man's name is Aidan Fenchurch and his pursuer Mrs. Ariadne Bussell, a former lover who is reluctant to give up the chase. So reluctant, in fact, that she has been shadowing him for years. Feeling sympathy for Aidan, John agrees to do him a good turn but is shocked when a few days later the man is dead, ostensibly the result of street robbery. Suspicious, Sir John Fielding sends the Flying Runner to arrest Mrs. Bussell. However, the lady is taken ill in the coach and before she can be thoroughly questioned she dies. The Apothecary recognises the signs of fatal poisoning.
Soon there are more victims, some poisoned and some killed by less subtle methods. John Rawlings embarks on a journey that leads him to the Surrey countryside in search of answers to be greeted by some familiar faces.

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Book by Lake Deryn