A Conspiracy of Violence A Thomas Chaloner Mystery

Gregory, Susanna

ISBN 10: 0751537586 / ISBN 13: 9780751537581

Published by Sphere, 2007

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Title: A Conspiracy of Violence A Thomas Chaloner ...

Publisher: Sphere

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Susanna Gregory, author of the Matthew Bartholomew series of medieval mysteries, has created another compelling fictional detective set in Restoration London.

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The first adventure in the Thomas Chaloner series.

The dour days of Cromwell are over.

Charles II is well established at White Hall Palace, his mistress at hand in rooms over the Holbein bridge, the heads of some of the regicides on public display. London seethes with new energy, freed from the strictures of the Protectorate, but many of its inhabitants have lost their livelihoods. One is Thomas Chaloner, a reluctant spy for the feared Secretary of State, John Thurloe, and now returned from Holland in desperate need of employment. His erstwhile boss, knowing he has many enemies at court, recommends Thomas to Lord Clarendon, but in return demands that Thomas keep him informed of any plot against him. But what Thomas discovers is that Thurloe had sent another ex-employee to White Hall and he is dead, supposedly murdered by footpads near the Thames. Chaloner volunteers to investigate his killing: instead he is dispatched to the Tower to unearth the gold buried by the last Governor. He discovers not treasure, but evidence that greed and self-interest are uppermost in men's minds whoever is in power, and that his life has no value to either side.

'Pungent with historical detail' (Irish Times)

'A richly imagined world of colourful medieval society and irresistible monkish sleuthing' (Good Book Guide)

'Corpses a-plenty, exciting action sequences and a satisfying ending' (Mystery People)

Review:

Susanna Gregory--creator of the Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew--returns with an enthralling new mystery series set in Restoration London. A must for fans of historical whodunits. The pseudonymous author Susanna Gregory is a Cambridge academic. Writing under the pseudonym Simon Beaufort, she is also the author of the Sir Geoffrey Mappestone Mysteries.

Susanna Gregory creator of the Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew returns with an enthralling new mystery series set in Restoration London. A must for fans of historical whodunits. The pseudonymous author Susanna Gregory is a Cambridge academic. Writing under the pseudonym Simon Beaufort, she is also the author of the Sir Geoffrey Mappestone Mysteries."