Guardians of the Key

Gray, Clio

ISBN 10: 0755331052 / ISBN 13: 9780755331055

Published by Headline, 2006

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # wbs2121757188

Synopsis:

Lucca, City State for hundreds of years, keeper of secrets and relics, possessor of the Holy Face of Christ, has Napoleon's army at its gates, the emperor having declared himself King of All Italy. 

A continent away in Bexleyheath, Mabel Flinchurst gazes down from her window upon the Advent Fair. With all the hustle and bustle she doesn't see the pilgrim walk into the church of St Anthony's across the square, and slit his own throat. But Lucca and this suicide are strands from the same rope, a rope that is being wound unseen about Mabel, ready to rip her from her cosy world. When Mabel's friend, Toby, is kidnapped she enlists the help of compulsive list-maker and missing-persons finder, Whilbert Stroop. Together they are drawn into a mystery that began many centuries ago, and soon they find themselves losing a race against time and treachery, as an unknown enemy, and murder, begin to snap at their heels...

About the Author: Clio Gray was born in Yorkshire and lived in Leeds for many years before moving up to the east coast of Scotland in 1992. Having always been a bibliophile, she has worked in libraries for the last 20 years. She has won several short competitions, and was awarded the Harry Bowling Prize for GUARDIANS OF THE KEY, which is her first novel.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Guardians of the Key
Publisher: Headline
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good