The Death of Colonel Mann by Cynthia Peale - ISBN: 9780440613985
Paperback
Victorian Boston hides deadly secrets, blackmail, and a scandalous murder.

The Death of Colonel Mann

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    9 January 2001

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Summary

Behind the curtained windows of Victorian Boston is a world of passion, scandal… and murder.

In life, he was the most despised man in Boston, publisher of the town’s scurrilous gossip sheet – and buyer and seller of people’s most scandalous indiscretions. Now Colonel William d’Arcy Mann lies on the floor of his fashionable hotel suite, the victim of a single gunshot wound to the heart.

Addington Ames came to recover a packet of love letters written by his young cousin, Val, th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780440613985
ISBN-10:0440613981
Author:Cynthia Peale
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House USA Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:9 January 2001
Weight:411g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm x 19mm
Series:Beacon Hill
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Entertaining … most agreeable company in a sharply rendered Boston full of period surprises.”
The Wall Street Journal

“Engaging characters, vividly of their time and place, and yet fighting evils that hurt and endanger us just as much today.”
– Anne Perry, author of Half Moon Street

“A fast-paced and complex tale.”
Rocky Mountain News

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About The Author

Cynthia Peale

Cynthia Peale is the pseudonym of Nancy Zaroulis, author of Call the Darkness Light and The Last Waltz, among other successful novels. She lives outside Boston, where she is at work on the second in her Beacon Hill mystery series, Murder at Bertram’s Bower.

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