Description
Product ID: | 9781847518743 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | A Reverend Mother Mystery |
Title: | A Gruesome Discovery |
Authors: | Author: Cora Harrison |
Page Count: | 256 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries, Ireland, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating On opening an evil-smelling trunk labelled ''old books'', the Reverend Mother is horrified to discover the dead body of one of Cork''s richest merchants. Many had reason to loathe the hides and skins merchant, but when suspicion falls on a former lay sister from her convent, the Reverend Mother decides to help find the real killer. Ireland. 1925. Like all who seek charitable contributions, Reverend Mother Aquinas is used to being gifted some fairly dubious items. But nothing like this. On opening the evil-smelling trunk, labelled ''old books'', the Reverend Mother is horrified to discover it contains the dead body of one of Cork''s richest merchants, wrapped in decomposing animal hides. |
Imprint Name: | Severn House |
Publisher Name: | Canongate Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-04-30 |