The scrivener /
by Blake, Robin.
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BookSeries: Cragg and Fidelis mysteries: Publisher: London : Constable, 2016Description: 344 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781472116017 (pbk.) :; 1472116011 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Cragg, Titus, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Fidelis, Luke, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Preston (Lancashire, England) -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760 -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | Crime | CrimeSummary: The year is 1742, and the people of Preston are looking forward to their ancient once-every-twenty-years festival of merriment and excess, the Preston Guild. But the prospect darkens as the town plunges into a financial crisis caused by the death of pawnbroker and would-be banker Philip Pimbo, apparently shot behind the locked door of his office. Is it suicide? Coroner Titus Cragg suspects so, but Dr Luke Fidelis disagrees.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Netherton Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002929032X |
Originally published: 2015.
The year is 1742, and the people of Preston are looking forward to their ancient once-every-twenty-years festival of merriment and excess, the Preston Guild. But the prospect darkens as the town plunges into a financial crisis caused by the death of pawnbroker and would-be banker Philip Pimbo, apparently shot behind the locked door of his office. Is it suicide? Coroner Titus Cragg suspects so, but Dr Luke Fidelis disagrees.
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