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Sabrina's Teardrop

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
260 Seiten
Englisch
Seren Bookserschienen am09.01.2023
The third volume of the Inspector Chard series takes Chard back to his native Shrewsbury and reveals the circumstances under which he left for south Wales so abruptly. Now Chard finds himself under arrest for the murder of his estranged wife and her lover. Imprisoned in the notorious Shrewsbury gaol, he must fight to clear his name of charges which will result in execution. The page-turning plot includes a missing woman, human trafficking, trade-offs, foul play, scheming and brutal Victorian gentlemen, civic corruption, and the Peaky Blinders. Against a vividly drawn and atmospheric background of Victorian Shrewsbury - the town is almost a character in the novel - the tension is ratchetted up as Chard fights for his freedom with the help of his faithful Constable Idris Morgan, and May Roper. Together they must save Chard and search for the answer to the riddle of the fabulous sapphire which is Sabrina's Teardrop, at the centre of events. Once again Leslie Scase takes the reader back to a time and place where, despite the pretensions of Victorian society, life is cheap and passions strong. His research brings Shrewsbury vividly to life, and historical events drive along the plot. Atmospheric, authentic, Chard and the reader are left guessing until the final pagesmehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThe third volume of the Inspector Chard series takes Chard back to his native Shrewsbury and reveals the circumstances under which he left for south Wales so abruptly. Now Chard finds himself under arrest for the murder of his estranged wife and her lover. Imprisoned in the notorious Shrewsbury gaol, he must fight to clear his name of charges which will result in execution. The page-turning plot includes a missing woman, human trafficking, trade-offs, foul play, scheming and brutal Victorian gentlemen, civic corruption, and the Peaky Blinders. Against a vividly drawn and atmospheric background of Victorian Shrewsbury - the town is almost a character in the novel - the tension is ratchetted up as Chard fights for his freedom with the help of his faithful Constable Idris Morgan, and May Roper. Together they must save Chard and search for the answer to the riddle of the fabulous sapphire which is Sabrina's Teardrop, at the centre of events. Once again Leslie Scase takes the reader back to a time and place where, despite the pretensions of Victorian society, life is cheap and passions strong. His research brings Shrewsbury vividly to life, and historical events drive along the plot. Atmospheric, authentic, Chard and the reader are left guessing until the final pages
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-78172-679-2
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum09.01.2023
ReiheInspector Chard
Seiten260 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 137 mm, Höhe 198 mm, Dicke 36 mm
Gewicht363 g
Artikel-Nr.9713370
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GenreRomane Taschenbuch

Autor

Leslie Scase is a former civil servant, born and educated in south Wales but living now in Shropshire. He is a member of the Crime Cymru writers' collective, and of the Crime Writers Association. He has given talks on crime and punishment in the late Victorian period, and has appeared at literary festivals and has been interviewed on radio. His Inspector Chard series will run to seven volumes.