The Awful Secret - Couverture rigide

Knight, Bernard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0684860686 ISBN 13 : 9780684860688

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

A historical "whodunnit", set in Devon. Crowner (coroner) Sir John de Wolfe finds himself embroiled in a strange death at Ilfracombe when a wreck is washed ashore with a corpse aboard.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

As Sir John de Wolfe recovers from the broken leg inflicted at the end of CROWNER'S QUEST, he finds himself embroiled in a strange death at Ilfracombe when a wreck is washed ashore with a corpse aboard. Soon involved in investigating piracy and murder, he is distracted by a stalker in the dark streets of Exeter. But this desperate man proves to be an old Crusading acquaintance of Crowner John, now a renegade from the illustrious Order to which he belongs, on the run from their vengeance as he has threatened to expose a secret that could shake Christendom to its roots. As John tries to help the man, the plot thickens until he is risking the enmity of the Pope himself and must finally use his involvement with the pirates to save his life.

Biographie de l'auteur

Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, became a Home Office Pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. During his 40-year career with the Home Office, he performed over 25,000 autopsies, and was involved in many high profile cases, including that of Fred and Rose West, and the child killer, Mary Bell. The author of numerous popular and academic non-fiction books, he has written thirteen novels in the Crowner John mystery series. Professor Knight lives in Cardiff.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0684860686
• ISBN 13: 9780684860688
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible