The Player's Curse
A Bella Wallis Mystery
$30.93
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2011
Summary
Kidnap, cricket and cross-dressing—all in a day’s work for Bella Wallis in her third thrilling Victorian mystery.
Bella Wallis, respectable society widow with a secret identity as a writer of sensationalist novels, is now happily engaged to the love of her life, Philip Westland. But Westland’s shadowy job, working for the British government, continually takes him abroad and away from the charismatic, impatient Bella. And then there is the matter of Westland’s sister’s incarceration in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099539476 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099539470 |
| Author: | Brian Thompson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 179g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Bella Wallis Victorian Mysteries |
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Critics Review
“With a glorious heroine and wicked humour, Brian Thompson lays bare the sexual shenanigans and hypocrisy of Victorian England.” -John Harvey
“A glorious heroine” – John Harvey “Bella Wallis is a joy to follow” The Historical Novels Review “Thompson specialises in sharp, elliptical dialogue and brisk little glances into the murk that rises beyond Bella’s window” Guardian “Brian Thompson writes well and there is a rich vein of humour” Daily Mail
About The Author
Brian Thompson
Brian Thompson was born in London in 1935 and now lives in Oxford. He has written two award-winning volumes of memoir- Keeping Mum (2006), winner of the Costa Prize for Biography and the PEN/Ackerley Prize, and Clever Girl (2007), longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. The Player’s Curse is the third Bella Wallis mystery, following The Widow’s Secret, and The Captain’s Table. A fourth and final volume is planned.
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