Murder at the Tower of London: The thrilling historical whodunnit

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London, 1899. A shocking murder is discovered at the heart of the Tower ofLondon. The dead body of a Yeoman Warder is found inside a suit of armourbelonging to Henry VIII, having been run through with a sword, and whendetails of this outrage are reported to the Prince of Wales, he fears this may bean expression of Republican unrest striking at the very home of the CrownJewels. In the hopes of hampering the spread of news about the crime, thePrince reluctantly calls upon the services of Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton,the museum detectives, to investigate further.As their inquiries proceed, Wilson and Fenton learn about the long and bloodyhistory of the Tower of London, but dark deeds are not confined to the Tower'sshadowy past. More bones will see the light of day and the twists and turns ofa dastardly plot will unravel before the museum detectives' case is closed.

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Jim Eldridge was born in central London towards the end of World War II, andsurvived attacks by V2 rockets on the Kings Cross area where he lived. In 1971he sold his first sitcom to the BBC and had his first book commissioned. Sincethen he has had more than one hundred books published, with sales of overthree million copies. He lives in Kent with his wife.