The Spiders Banquet
A young woman goes to an isolated Warwickshire monastery to visit her brother, who is a monk there. Her sister drops her off at the door. The girl meets her brother in the parlour; they say goodbye and part; and she is never seen again. A search of the buildings and grounds finally reveals her body buried in a shallow grave in the monastery cemetery. The monks, however, have a cast-iron alibi: they were all in chapel at the time of her death. Then the abbot receives a mysterious telephone-call. A man’s voice threatens to hand evidence of the murder to the police – and so incriminate one of the monks - unless the monastery puts up for public auction its most treasured possession, a unique mediaeval manuscript, and donates the proceeds to charity. Is this blackmail or a hoax? As the events unfold, the inspector and his sergeant become less and less sure of what is fact and what is fiction, and the inspector begins to fear for his newly-won promotion. The case takes him to a castle in Italy, a town-house in southern France, a laboratory in Cambridge and the home of a professor of music outside Lincoln; but the solution arrives unexpectedly in his own sitting-room.
In this stylish story written in the classic tradition of British detective fiction, the author intrigues, informs and entertains in equal measure.
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In this stylish story written in the classic tradition of British detective fiction, the author intrigues, informs and entertains in equal measure.
Book reviews online: Published Bestsellers @ www.publishedbestsellers.com
The Spiders Banquet
A young woman goes to an isolated Warwickshire monastery to visit her brother, who is a monk there. Her sister drops her off at the door. The girl meets her brother in the parlour; they say goodbye and part; and she is never seen again. A search of the buildings and grounds finally reveals her body buried in a shallow grave in the monastery cemetery. The monks, however, have a cast-iron alibi: they were all in chapel at the time of her death. Then the abbot receives a mysterious telephone-call. A man’s voice threatens to hand evidence of the murder to the police – and so incriminate one of the monks - unless the monastery puts up for public auction its most treasured possession, a unique mediaeval manuscript, and donates the proceeds to charity. Is this blackmail or a hoax? As the events unfold, the inspector and his sergeant become less and less sure of what is fact and what is fiction, and the inspector begins to fear for his newly-won promotion. The case takes him to a castle in Italy, a town-house in southern France, a laboratory in Cambridge and the home of a professor of music outside Lincoln; but the solution arrives unexpectedly in his own sitting-room.
In this stylish story written in the classic tradition of British detective fiction, the author intrigues, informs and entertains in equal measure.
Book reviews online: Published Bestsellers @ www.publishedbestsellers.com
In this stylish story written in the classic tradition of British detective fiction, the author intrigues, informs and entertains in equal measure.
Book reviews online: Published Bestsellers @ www.publishedbestsellers.com
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940149424276 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Pneuma Springs Publishing |
| Publication date: | 02/28/2009 |
| Series: | Drake Sisters #07 , #1 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 162 |
| Sales rank: | 37,622 |
| File size: | 2 MB |
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