The Grim Reaper (A Crowner John Mystery Book 6)
Sir John de Wolfe tackles his most disturbing and intriguing investigation to dateAaron of Salisbury a Jewish money-lender who was well known locally, has been found dead, his head enveloped in a brown leather money-bag, the pull strings pulled tight around his neck. The crabbed handwriting on a...
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Sir John de Wolfe tackles his most disturbing and intriguing investigation to dateAaron of Salisbury a Jewish money-lender who was well known locally, has been found dead, his head enveloped in a brown leather money-bag, the pull strings pulled tight around his neck. The crabbed handwriting on a scrap of folded parchment clutched in the dead mans fingers is deciphered as a quotation from the Gospel according to St Mark "And Jesus went into the temple. . .and overthrew the tables of the money-changers"Setting out to track down a literate and Bible-learned killer, Sir John deduces that he is looking for a homicidal priest.
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Format: kindle
ISBN:
9781448301386
ASIN: B00NTUXTQA
Publish date: 2014-10-01
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Pages no: 295
Edition language: English
Series: Crowner John Mystery (#6)
bookshelves: published-2002, autumn-2010, historical-fiction, mystery-thriller, medieval5c-16c, medical-eew, serial-killer, britain-england, art-forms Read from September 05 to 07, 2010 Read from September 05 to 07, 2010 format Paperback (edit) review I love the way each chapter starts wi...
I love the way each chapter starts with In which Crowner John.... Reams of details concerning clothes and food of the times - oh, and pecking orders, who is more senior to whom. Well-worn premise, nicely executed but could have lost some of the padding.Read By: Paul MatthewsPublisher: Clipper Audiob...
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