In the second case recorded by Benjamin Franklin's young charge and assistant Nick Handy, the great Doctor Franklin is confronted with a shocking event. While attending a mummers' play at the home of a popular merchant Roddy Fairbrass on Christmas Eve 1757, their host suddenly collapses and dies. Although the bereaved family denies it, Franklin is convinced that he has witnessed a murder. Franklin had been to the Fairbrass home one time before to investigate the report of a ghost and now believes that there must be some sinister connection between the two events. Determined to uncover the truth, the intrepid inventor and statesman, accompanied by Nick, unravels a tangled plot of intrigue and scandal while matching wits with some of London's most notorious criminal minds.
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"A tale as delicious as Christmas pudding."--"Publishers Weekly"
"A tale as delicious as Christmas pudding."--"Publishers Weekly"
"A tale as delicious as Christmas pudding." "Publishers Weekly""
"A tale as delicious as Christmas pudding." Publishers Weekly
""A tale as delicious as Christmas pudding."--Publishers Weekly
Robert Lee Hall is the author of Exit Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detectives Final Days, Murder at San Simeon, and Benjamin Franklin Takes the Case, this last available from Pine Street Books.
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