The Serpent Pool Contributor(s): Edwards, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590585941 ISBN-13: 9781590585948 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 Annotation: DCI Hannah Scarlett is determined to uncover the truth behind Emily Friend's mysterious drowning in the Serpent Pool. But Hannah's distracted by a new sergeant with a troublesome reputation, a new house, and new cause to doubt her partner--second hand bookseller Marc Amos. One of Marc's best customers has been burned to death in the converted boathouse filled with priceless books. Then Hannah meets Louise Kind, sister of the historian Daniel Kind, who has just returned from America to work on a book about Thomas De Quincey and the history of murder. How are all of these elements related? |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Lake District Mysteries (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.17" W x 8.84" (1.18 lbs) 422 pages |
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Publisher Description: DCI Hannah Scarlett is determined to uncover the truth behind Bethany Friend's mysterious drowning in the Serpent Pool. But Hannah's distracted by a new sergeant with a troublesome reputation, a new house, and new cause to doubt her partner--second hand bookseller Marc Amos. One of Marc's best customers has been burned to death in the converted boathouse filled with priceless books. Then Hannah meets Louise Kind, sister of the historian Daniel Kind, who has just returned from America to work on a book about Thomas De Quincey and the history of murder. How are all of these elements related? |
Contributor Bio(s): Edwards, Martin: - The first of Martins eight novels, All the Lonely People, was nominated for the CWAs John Creasey Memorial Dagger and introduced lawyer Harry Devlin. Martin has also written a stand-alone, Take My Breath Away, and completed The Lazarus Widow by the late Bill Knox. His short stories are collected in Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and he has edited 14 anthologies. His ten non-fiction books include Urge to Kill, a study of homicide investigation. He has contributed many essays to reference books such as The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing. The author lives in Great Britain. |