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The Westminster Poisoner: 4
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Westminster Poisoner: 4
Contributors:
By (Author) Susanna Gregory
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:
Sphere
Publication Date:
1st February 2010
UK Publication Date:
3rd December 2009
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
823.914
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
480
Dimensions:
Width 201mm, Height 130mm, Spine 31mm
Weight:
322g
Description
Christopher Vine, a Treasury clerk working in solitary piety in the Painted Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, is not alone. A killer waits in the draughty hall to ensure Vine will not live to see in the New Year.
And Vine is not the only government official to die that season. The Lord Chancellor fears his enemies will skew any investigation to cause him maximum damage, so he decides to commission his own inquiries into the murders and, with his suspicions centred on Greene, another clerk, he instructs Thomas Chaloner to prove that Greene is the killer. Chaloner can prove otherwise, but unravelling the reasons behind his employer's suspicions is as complex as discovering the motives for the killings. His search for the real murderer plunges him into a stinking seam of corruption that leads towards the Royal apartments and to people determined to make Christmas 1663 Chaloner's last . . .Reviews
"Excellent." "Publishers Weekly""
"Excellent." --"Publishers Weekly"
Author Bio
Susanna Gregory is a Cambridge academic living in Wales with her husband, also a writer.
