Five for Silver: A John, the Lord Chamberlain Mystery Contributor(s): Reed, Mary (Author), Mayer, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590582683 ISBN-13: 9781590582688 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 Annotation: The year is 542. While plague stalks Constantinople, an angel sets John the Eunuch on the trail of a human killer.
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: John, the Lord Chamberlain (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.37" W x 8.38" (0.78 lbs) 272 pages |
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Publisher Description: Winner, Glyph Award for Best Book Series In 542, Peter, John the Lord Chamberlain's elderly servant, claims a heavenly visitor revealed a murder to him. It transpires that Peter's old army friend has indeed been stabbed, but then John discovers that Gregory was not what he appeared to be. John's quest for the truth leads him to churchmen and whores, lawyers and bear trainers. Suspects include a dealer in dubious antiquities, a resourceful bookseller, a court poet fixated on bereavement, and a holy fool who outrages the city by dancing with the dead and invading the empress' private bath.... |
Contributor Bio(s): Mayer, Eric: - The husband and wife team of Mary Reed and Eric Mayer published several short stories about John, Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, in mystery anthologies and in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine prior to 1999's highly acclaimed first full length novel, One for Sorrow. Entries in the series have been honored by a Best Mystery Glyph Award, an honorable mention in the Glyph Best Book category, and was a finalist for the IPPY Best Mystery Award (Two For Joy), nominations for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award (Four For A Boy and Five For Silver), and a Glyph Award for Best Book Series (Five For Silver). The American Library Association's Booklist Magazine named the Lord Chamberlain novels one of its four Best Little Known Series. Mary Reed & Eric Mayer also write under Eric Reed. |