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Death of a Shipbuilder

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Informationen zum Autor L. C. Tyler was born in Essex and educated at Jesus College Oxford and City University. His comic crime series featuring author-and-agent duo Ethelred Tressider and Elsie Thirkettle has twice been nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Awards and he won the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award with Herring in the Library . His latest crime series is set in the seventeenth century and features lawyer John Grey. He has lived and worked all over the world, but has more recently been based in London and Sussex. To find out more about L. C. Tyler visit www.lctyler.com or follow him on twitter @lenctyler. Klappentext 'Len Tyler writes with great charm and wit . . . made me laugh out loud' Susanna Gregory 'I was seduced from John Grey's first scene' Ann Cleeves John Grey is visited at his London office by Thomas Cade, a shipbuilder, who tells Grey he has evidence that Samuel Pepys is taking substantial bribes in his position at the Naval Office. Grey sends him on his way, telling him he has little chance against such a powerful man as Pepys - and then the following morning Cade's stabbed body is found in the grounds of Lincoln's Inn Later that day Grey meets up with his benefactor Lord Arlington who tells him the king himself wants Grey to investigate corruption in the Naval Office - and it occurs to Grey that by dismissing Cade to his death, he has now lost his best witness and informant. He begins his investigation by questioning the dead man's wife - who it transpires was having an affair with Pepys... as were a great many other ladies. And as the investigation becomes increasingly hampered while the Court closes ranks and threats made against his life, Grey begins to suspect that Arlington's agenda is less to do with reform of the navy and more to do with gaining an advantage over his rivals at Court ... Praise for L.C.Tyler: 'Tyler juggles his characters, story, wit and clever one liners with perfect balance' The Times 'A dizzying whirl of plot and counterplot' Guardian 'Unusually accomplished' Helen Dunmore 'Witty and amazing, L.C. Tyler has a wicked sense of humour' M. C. Beaton Vorwort A John Grey historical mystery Zusammenfassung A John Grey historical mystery...

Product details

Authors L C Tyler, L.C. Tyler
Publisher Constable
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 02.09.2021
 
EAN 9781472128539
ISBN 978-1-4721-2853-9
No. of pages 320
Dimensions 126 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
Series A John Grey Historical Mystery
Subjects Fiction > Suspense
Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Historical / Medieval, Historical crime and mysteries

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