Axel Vander, distinguished intellectual and elderly academic, is not the man he seems. When a letter arrives out of the blue, threatening to unveil his secrets - and carefully concealed identity - Vander travels to Turin to meet its author. There, muddled by age and alcohol, unable always to disting
The Gilded Shroud
โ Scribed by Elizabeth Bailey
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group;Berkley Books
- Year
- 2011;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
First in a new series that has the perfect mix of Regency murder and mystery.
When the marchioness is found murdered at Polbrook mansion, the Dowager Lady Polbrook's new companion, Ottilia Draycott, finds herself in a house of strangers and every one of them a suspect. Only she can unmask and outwit a desperate killer and keep a Polbrook family secret buried.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
A necrophilic romance set in Scotland. The protagonist is Douglas, an undertaker. He is a reserved man and he likes women who don't talk, the kind he deals with daily at the mortuary. One day Douglas falls in love with Marjorie, a prostitute, but she talks a lot. If only he could have her silent lik
### Review "Corsi weaves an intriguing tale of science and religion that is more than a good read--it is about as near to an out-of-body experience as we are bound to witness. Believers and non-believers alike will be attracted to this book, if not for the same reasons."--Bill Donahue, The Catholic
### Review "Corsi weaves an intriguing tale of science and religion that is more than a good read--it is about as near to an out-of-body experience as we are bound to witness. Believers and non-believers alike will be attracted to this book, if not for the same reasons."--Bill Donahue, The Catholic
The man nobody knew much about was buried at sea. He had been middle-aged, an almost professional sailor, and he had suffered a heart attach. There was nothing in his personal effects to suggest that he might have possessed a fortune. Of the two men who had been aboard with him, one was dead two d