Fire
$67.98
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2017
Summary
The fourth John Grey historical mystery
- London has been destroyed by fire and its citizens are looking for somebody, preferable foreign, to blame. Only the royal Court, with its strong Catholic sympathies, is trying to dampen down the post-conflaguration hysteria. Then, inconveniently, a Frenchman admits to having started it together with an accomplice, whom he says he has subsequently killed.
John Grey is tasked by Secretary of State, Lord Arling…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472122889 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472122887 |
| Author: | L.C. Tyler |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 160mm x 243mm x 28mm |
| Series: | A John Grey Historical Mystery |
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A historical thriller, but one written with tongue firmly in cheek … Tyler is a witty writer, and this third outing for Grey is great fun
A historical thriller, but one written with tongue firmly in cheek … Tyler is a witty writer, and this third outing for Grey is great fun - Sunday Times on The Plague Road
Tyler at his entertaining best … a Restoration romp delivered with aplomb and verbal artistry, a delicious slice of history in all its dark, dank and deadly reality, and a veritable stage show of witty one-liners wrapped up in an enthralling mystery adventure - Lancashire Evening Post on The Plague RoadAbout The Author
L.C. Tyler
L. C. Tyler was born in Essex and educated at Jesus College Oxford and City University. His comic crime series featuring author-and-agent duo Ethelred Tressider and Elsie Thirkettle has twice been nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Awards and he won the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award with Herring in the Library. His latest crime series is set in the seventeenth century and features lawyer John Grey.
He has lived and worked all over the world, but has more recently been based in London and Sussex.
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