The Rose in the Wheel - Softcover

Rizzolo, S. K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890208892 ISBN 13: 9781890208899

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr, 2003

Synopsis

This well imagined, carefully detailed, and cleverly plotted debut is set in 1811 London.

Regency London knows Constance Tyrone as the conspicuously celibate founder of the St. Catherine Society, dedicated to helping poor women.
One rainy November evening a carriage mows down Constance outside her office in St. Catherine's Church. Curiously, while her corpse's one
foot is bare, the other is shod in a clean satin slipper though the road where she died is heavy with mud. Why was such a gentlewoman abroad in the night? And if she died under the wheel, whose hands
bruised her neck and stole her monogrammed crucifix?

Discarding the idea of an accident, Bow Street Runner John Chase forms an unlikely alliance with Penelope Wolfe, wife of the chief suspect in what is ruled Constance's murder. A young mother paying the price for an imprudent marriage, Penelope is eager to clear her husband Jeremy, a feckless portrait painter whose salacious drawings of the victim suggest an erotic interest. Chase's first task is to learn the identity
of the mysterious benefactor who goes bail for Wolfe while Penelope traces the victim's last movements.

As horrifying murders on the Ratcliffe Highway claim all London's attention, John Chase and Penelope Wolfe discover that it won't be easy to unravel the enigma of the charitable Constance Tyrone, a woman who,
by her dauntless courage, revives the legend of the mythical and martyred St. Catherine.

About this title

About the Author

S.K. Rizzolo earned an MA in literature before becoming a high school English teacher and writer. Her Regency mystery series features a trio of crime-solving friends: a Bow Street Runner, an unconventional lady, and a melancholic barrister. Rizzolo lives in Los Angeles.

From the Back Cover

London, November 1811 The clatter of wheels broke the stillness. Two horses strained in harness, nostrils flaring, breath steaming in the night air. Wrapped in a greatcoat and low-crowned hat, the driver rode hunched over, face hidden by his scarf. A gloved hand cracked the whip. Faster. The woman lying in the road seemed unaware of her peril.She kept her eyes fixed on the church rising against the night sky. As the mists parted, the rose window emerged, a circle of textured shadow patiently awaiting the sun's fire. The horses reared, and...

Edition details

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1890208892
• ISBN 13: 9781890208899
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226