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A Splash of Red - A Jemima Shore Mystery

English · Paperback

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@2@@20@An atmospheric and gripping mystery from Lady Antonia Fraser's Jemima Shore series.@21@@3@@2@How well do we ever know our friends? When Jemima Shore offers to flat-sit for her friend Chloe, the last thing she is expecting is threatening anonymous phone calls on her very first night. A vicious assault by Chloe's ex-lover the next morning forces Jemima to accept that she knows very little about her friend's life.@3@@2@Fuming, she decides to confront her. But then she realises that Chloe never reached her destination ... and Jemima is not the only person trying to get in touch with her. It seems she was playing a dangerous game - and Jemima has been left with the aftermath. The only trouble is, Chloe was playing with some of the most influential people in London - people who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden.@3@

About the author

Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works, including the biographies MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (a 40th anniversary edition was published in May 2009), CROMWELL: OUR CHIEF OF MEN, KING CHARLES II and THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger; St Louis Literary Award). She has written five highly praised books which focus on women in history, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMEN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (Wolfson Award for History, 1984), THE WARRIOR QUEENS: BOADICEA'S CHARIOT, THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY (Franco-British Literary Prize 2001), which was made into a film by Sofia Coppola in 2006 and most recently LOVE AND LOUIS XIV: THE WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN KING. She was awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. Antonia Fraser was made DBE in 2011 for her services to literature. Her most recent book is MUST YOU GO?, celebrating her life with Harold Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve 2008. She lives in London.
Visit Antonia Fraser's website at www.antoniafraser.com

Summary

An atmospheric and gripping mystery from Lady Antonia Fraser's Jemima Shore series. Reissued with a new cover for 2014.

Product details

Authors Antonia Fraser, Lady Antonia Fraser
Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 11.12.2014
 
EAN 9781780228488
ISBN 978-1-78022-848-8
No. of pages 272
Dimensions 164 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
Series Jemima Shore
Jemima Shore
Subjects Fiction > Suspense

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION / Crime, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery

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