Death and the Jubilee

✍ Scribed by Dickinson, David

• Book ID: 107088948
• Publisher: Robinson
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 395 KB
• Series: Lord Francis Powerscourt 2
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781841197968

✦ Synopsis

From Publishers Weekly

Less a whodunit like its predecessor, Goodnight Sweet Prince (2002), than a tale of intrigue and action, Dickinson's second Lord Francis Powerscourt mystery centers on efforts to disrupt Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 through terrorism and economic warfare. The book's success owes much to Powerscourt, a quick-witted and empathetic detective, whose professional talents are balanced by his deep love for and delight in his wife and children. Since few suspects and motives emerge in the course of several murders, most of the later suspense stems from the frantic attempts of our hero and his cohorts to thwart the various plots to undermine the British Empire. Fans of Anne Perry and Robin Paige are sure to enjoy this installment in a promising series.
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Review

"'A cracking yarn, beguilingly real from start to finish... you have to pinch yourself to remind you that it is fiction - or is it?' Peter Snow * 'This is detective fiction in the grand style; the characters and the plot soar upwards and carry us in their wake. Powerscourt's debut in this intoxicating book is the start of a gilded life in the archives of crime.' - James Naughtie * 'In this excellent novel, Dickinson weaves a tale of blackmail and murder among the royals late in Victoria's reign... One hopes to see more of Lord Powerscourt and his friends in the near future.'- Publishers Weekly"