The Piccadilly Plot: 7 (Adventures of Thomas Chaloner)

The Piccadilly Plot: 7 (Adventures of Thomas Chaloner)

by SusannaGregory (Author)

Synopsis

Thomas Chaloner is relieved to be summoned back to London. His master, the Earl of Clarendon, has sent him to Tangier to investigate a case of corruption. Chaloner will be glad to be home, to be reunited with his new wife, but the trivial reason for his recall exasperates him - the theft of material from the construction site of Clarendon's embarrassingly sumptuous new house just north of Piccadilly.

Within hours of his return, Chaloner considers these thefts even more paltry as he is thrust into extra investigations involving threats of assassination, a stolen corpse and a scheme to frame the Queen for treason. Yet there are connections from them all which thread through the unfinished Clarendon House...

$4.19

Save:$8.35 (67%)

Quantity

3 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 18 Oct 2012

ISBN 10: 0751544280
ISBN 13: 9780751544282
Book Overview: The seventh Thomas Chaloner adventure in Restoration London

Media Reviews
Crystal-clear prose and deliberate pacing ensure that the reader can follow the twisted trails to the truth as well as Chaloner can * Publisher's Weekly *
Author Bio

Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked seventeen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology.

She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.