Susanna Gregory
Murder on High Holborn
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North of High Holborn was Hatton House, a ruined mansion once inhabited by an ambitious Elizabethan courtier. The woman walked up a path fringed with brambles to a lichen-dappled door. She stepped inside and disappeared into the gloom.Chaloner followed, and found himself in what had once been a grand hall; now weeds grew through the floor and the walls were green with mould. A door led to a dim passage that stank of rotting wood. He continued through a succession of empty, derelict rooms until he reached a chapel. It had once been exquisite - there were traces of gold leaf on what remained of the ceiling, and rails where curtains had hung. It…
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North of High Holborn was Hatton House, a ruined mansion once inhabited by an ambitious Elizabethan courtier. The woman walked up a path fringed with brambles to a lichen-dappled door. She stepped inside and disappeared into the gloom.Chaloner followed, and found himself in what had once been a grand hall; now weeds grew through the floor and the walls were green with mould. A door led to a dim passage that stank of rotting wood. He continued through a succession of empty, derelict rooms until he reached a chapel. It had once been exquisite - there were traces of gold leaf on what remained of the ceiling, and rails where curtains had hung. It was unmistakably Catholic, which perhaps explained why it had been so thoroughly despoiled. The woman was kneeling there, a shaft of light through the shattered roof illuminating her face. Had it been a real church, he might have been struck with religious awe, but in the desecrated chapel it was decidedly sinister. 'Why are you following me?' she asked, coming to her feet in a sinuous movement. 'What do you want to know?''Your name would be a start.''Eliza Hatton.''Hatton? Of the family who used to live here?''This house was built by my grandsire, but its foundations are seeped in blood.' Her words were hissed, and set up a disconcerting echo. 'Five monks were executed on this very spot, and a priest was hanged here forty years later. Murdered for their faith.'Chaloner heard a loud crack, and he managed to throw himself to one side as a ceiling beam fell, bringing with it a shower of plaster. He picked himself up and hurried to where Eliza had been standing, but she was not there. She was not under the rafter, and she had not passed him to reach the door, yet there was no other way out...
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84744-433-2
- EAN: 9781847444332
- Produktnummer: 15332582
- Verlag: Little, Brown and Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Masse: H22.3 cm x B14.5 cm x D3.6 cm 590 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 09
- Gewicht: 590
Über den Autor
Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant during seventeen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology.She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge as well as the Thomas Chaloner books, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.
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