The Serpent Pool - Couverture souple

Edwards, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1590585941 ISBN 13 : 9781590585948

Editeur : Poisoned Pen Press, 2010

Synopsis

"An unusual and challenging puzzle mystery that will keep [you] guessing until the final pages. Wow!" --Library Journal STARRED review

Seven years ago, Bethany Friend was found drowned in mere inches of water in the lonely Serpent Pool in England's Lake District. Was it suicide or murder? Now, determined to win justice for Bethany's dying mother, DCI Hannah Scarlett of the Cold Case Squad re-opens the case.

But Hannah has problems of her own: a new sergeant with a reputation for causing trouble, a new house close to the Serpent Pool, and new cause to doubt her partner, second-hand bookseller Marc Amos. Worried by dwindling finances and the horrific death of one of his best customers, Marc finds himself drawn to the lovely and enigmatic Cassie Weston, who works in his shop.

Then Hannah meets Louise Kind, sister of historian Daniel Kind. Louise has been living with book collector and lawyer Stuart Wagg, and has just confessed to her brother that she struck Wagg with a knife. Searching for the supposed victim, Hannah and Daniel--who is writing a book about the brilliant but opium-addicted 19th-century English writer Thomas De Quincey--encounter dark secrets and strange obsessions that oddly echo De Quincey's drug-fueled writings.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Martin Edwards has been described by Richard Osman as 'a true master of British crime writing.' His novels include the eight Lake District Mysteries and four books featuring Rachel Savernake, including the Dagger-nominated The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge. He is also the author of two multi-award-winning histories of crime fiction, The Life of Crime and The Golden Age of Murder. He has received three Daggers, including the CWA Diamond Dagger (the highest honour in UK crime writing) and two Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America. He has received four lifetime achievement awards: for his fiction, short fiction, non-fiction, and scholarship. He is consultant to the British Library's Crime Classics and since 2015 has been President of the Detection Club.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590585941
• ISBN 13: 9781590585948
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible