[bksvol-discuss] Submitted/mystery
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 08:44:42 -0400
Hi all,
I've just submitted for proofing "The Body In The Thames: Chaloner's Sixth
Exploit In Restoration London" by Susanna Gregory.
It's been read and spell-checked. All headers stripped, page numbers/chapter
titles present, fonts adjusted.
468 pages.
Description:
London swelters in a heatwave in the summer of 1664, and in the corridors of
power the temperature is equally high as an outbreak of war with the Dutch
threatens to become a reality, in the sixth Chaloner mystery. In the
dilapidated surroundings of the Savoy, a delegation from the government in
the Netherlands is gathered in a last ditch attempt to secure peace between
the two countries. Thomas Chaloner, active in Holland during Cromwell's
time, is horrified at the violent aggression and hatred shown to the Dutch
by ordinary Londoners, but is more worried by the dismissive attitude with
which they are greeted by the King's ministers and officials-he has
experienced the futilities of war at first hand and has no wish to witness
another. When the body of his former brother-in-law is found in the Thames,
Chaloner discovers the dead man has left enigmatic clues to a motivation for
his murder. These clues may be linked to a plot to steal the crown jewels,
or to a conspiracy to ensure that no peace is secured between the two
nations. Whichever it proves to be, Chaloner knows he has very little time
to decipher the pointers left to him.
Deborah
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