Death in the Peerless Pool (John Rawlings Mystery) - Softcover

Lake, Deryn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903552389 ISBN 13: 9781903552384

Publisher: Back-In-Print Books Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

John Rawlings, London's most colourful apothecary and occasional sleuth, is relaxing at the popular swimming baths, the Peerless Pool, when his peace is shattered by the alarming discovery of a drowned woman. The victim is identified as Hannah Rankin, an assistant at the nearby St Luke's asylum for the insane. Assigned to the case by John Fielding, London's famous blind magistrate, Rawlings doesn't realise that he is scratching the surface of something far more complex than an isolated murder. At St Luke's Rawlings discovers a vital clue to Hannah's hidden past which leads to a strange case concerning a child's mysterious disappearance. Was Hannah involved? And why do his investigations lead him again and again to a house of sinister secrets in Bath?

About this title

Review:

One of the best mystery series to hand at present is the John Rawlings historical crime line...ten out of ten (Jonathan Gash)

John Rawlings and the Blind Beak are developing into my favourite historical mystery heroes (Lindsey Davis)

An effervescent tale...the author organises her large cast and colourful background with skill and gusto through a racily readable drama (Felicia Lamb in the Mail on Sunday's Night & Day M)

Splendidly evokes the atmosphere of the capital with all its elegance and intrigue (Kent and Sussex Courier)

A good read (The Historical Novels Review)

Book Description:

For all fans of Lindsey Davis and Ellis Peters, an evocative, effervescent Georgian historical mystery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Back-In-Print Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1903552389
• ISBN 13: 9781903552384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200