The Strangler Vine
The Blake and Avery Mystery Series (Book 1)
$47.07
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2014
Summary
The first of three rip-roaring capers, introducing Blake and Avery, a Watson and Holmes duo for the 1830s and 40s.
Calcutta, 1837. The East India Company rules India - or most of it; and its most notorious and celebrated son, Xavier Mountstuart, has gone missing.
William Avery, a down-at-heel junior officer in the Company’s army, is sent to find him, in the unlikely company of the enigmatic and uncouth Jeremiah Blake. A more mismatched duo couldn’t be imagined, but they must b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241966556 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241966558 |
| Author: | M.J. Carter |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 245g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | The Blake and Avery Mystery Series |
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M.J. Carter
M. J. Carter is a former journalist and the author of the Blake and Avery series: The Strangler Vine, The Printer’s Coffin (formerly published as The Infidel Stain), and The Devil’s Feast. He has also written two acclaimed works of non-fiction: Anthony Blunt: His Lives and The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One. M. J. Carter is married with two sons and lives in London.
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