Praise for Philip Gooden:
“Great fun.”—Guardian
“Gooden will give you a gratifying taste of the danger and excitement of that lusty place and time.”—Publishers Weekly
In 1873 a canon dies violently while sneaking ancient artifacts out of a burial chamber on the outskirts of Salisbury. London lawyer Tom Ansell discovers the body and comes under suspicion of his murder. To clear himself, he must find the killer.
Philip Gooden is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. He is currently the chair of the Crime Writers’ Association in the United Kingdom. He has been shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award.
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About the Author:
Philip Gooden is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. He is currently the chair of CWA in the UK. He has been shorlisted for the Ellis Peters Award, and his nonfiction reference book Faux Pas won the Duke of Edinburgh's English Speaking Union Award for Best English Language Book in 2006.
From Publishers Weekly:
In Gooden's pallid whodunit, the first in a new series set in British cathedral towns during the Victorian era, London attorney Thomas Ansell travels to Salisbury to take custody of a manuscript belonging to Canon Felix Slater—the racy memoirs of the canon's father, George, who knew writers like Byron and Shelley and sowed quite a few wild oats in his youth. Shortly after Ansell arrives in Salisbury and meets Slater, someone murders the canon in his study with one of the flint spearheads he'd dug up in the neighborhood. The police suspect Ansell of the crime after finding him near the body, his hands stained with the victim's blood. To clear his name, Ansell turns amateur sleuth. Unmemorable main figures, coupled with some odd authorial editorializing and a clichéd denouement make this a less than engaging read. Fans of Gooden's Shakespearean mystery series (That Sleep of Death, etc.) will hope for a return to form in the next installment. (July)
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- PublisherSoho Constable
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1569475121
- ISBN 13 9781569475126
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages310
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