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David Roberts worked in publishing for over thirty years, most recently as a director, before devoting his energies to writing full time. He is married and divides his time between London and Wiltshire.
The Quality of Mercy
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9781780334264
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication date: 09/01/2011
- Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 300
- Sales rank: 344,699
- File size: 465 KB
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A murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne
When the Nazis seize Austria in March 1938, Verity Browne is one of the first to be deported from Vienna as a well-known anti-Fascist. Before she leaves, she is able to arrange for a young Jew, George Dreiser, to escape to England. But where he expects to find safety, he finds danger and sudden death instead.
Lord Edward Corinth also finds death where he least expects it: in the grounds of Lord Mountbatten's country house. There his nephew Frank stumbles on a corpse. Although the police are satisfied that the man died of natural causes, Edward's niece persuades Edward that all is not as it seems...
In this classic investigation, Verity and Edward find that death comes more often than not to the innocent, and that many lives are left to the mercy of strangers.
Praise for David Roberts:
'A gripping, richly satisfying whodunit with finely observed characters, sparkling with insouciance and stinging menace' Peter James
'A really well-crafted and charming mystery story' Daily Mail
'A perfect example of golden-age mystery traditions with the cobwebs swept away' Guardian
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Publishers Weekly
Framed by a string of murders at the English country estate of Lord Mountbatten, Roberts's seventh Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Brown murder mystery (after 2004's The More Deceived) falls short of the high standard he set with his best work in the series. When the Nazis march into Vienna in the spring of 1938, Verity Browne, a foreign correspondent for the New Gazette, is deported as a known British Communist. Also headed to England on a visa arranged by Verity through her friend Lord Edward is Georg Dreiser, a young Austrian Jew who claims to have valuable information for the British military. But Georg's asylum proves short-lived when he meets a violent death at Lord Mountbatten's estate, where only a week earlier, Lord Edward and his nephew found the body of an up-and-coming artist. At times the author strains to connect plot elements, but as usual, his thorough knowledge of the period adds luster to the story. (Dec.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
On the brink of WWII, journalist Verity Browne ruffles official feathers, rescues a Jewish artist from the Nazis and solves a murder. Fresh from her successful sleuthing in the south of France (A Grave Man, 2006), leftist correspondent Verity Browne is now a full-fledged Communist, writing for the New Gazette from Vienna in the spring of 1938 when her close friend Lord Edward Corinth gets word that she may be in danger. Indeed, the Nazis seize the city and deport her. Nonplussed, Verity takes up a pet side project, helping a young Jew named Georg Dreiser escape to freedom in England. At a posh dinner party, Verity has a spirited political discussion with Winston Churchill, whom she grows to admire if not agree with. (Lord Mountbatten and a handful of other real people also appear as minor characters.) Meanwhile, Edward is reunited with a friend from his school days, the Maharaja of Batiala, known to him as Sunny, and meets Joan Miller, a beautiful film star. More consequentially, his wide-eyed nephew Frank discovers the corpse of Peter Gray, a famous painter. Gray's death is put down to his accidentally eating too much ergot (a fungus on some grains). But his lovely niece Vera, who has her doubts, convinces Edward and Verity to probe further. Roberts's effortless grasp of his subject and era are matched by his pitch-perfect prose.
From the Publisher
A classic murder mystery [...] and a most engaging pair of amateur sleuths—Charles Osborne, author of The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie Roberts just keeps getting better with each book ... highly recommended for fans of Love in a Cold Climate and Gosford Park—Publishers Weekly
Praise for David Roberts:
A really well-crafted and charming mystery story—Daily Mail
A perfect example of golden-age mystery traditions with the cobwebs swept away—Guardian
A gripping, richly satisfying whodunit with finely observed characters, sparkling with insouciance and stinging menace—Peter James