Art of Betrayal, The, Connie Berry
Art of Betrayal, The, Connie Berry
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Art of Betrayal, The

Author: Connie Berry

Narrator: Ruth Urquhart

Unabridged: 10 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/08/2021

Synopsis

Spring is a magical time in Englandbluebells massing along the woodland paths, primrose and wild thyme dotting the meadows. Antiques dealer Kate Hamilton is spending the month of May in the Suffolk village of Long Barston, enjoying precious time with Detective Inspector Tom Mallory. While attending the May Fair, the annual pageant based on a well-known Anglo-Saxon folktale, a body turns up in the middle of the festivities. Kate is even more shocked when she learns the murder took place in antiquity shop owner Ivor Tweedy's stockroom and a valuable Chinese pottery jar that she had been tasked with finding a buyer for has been stolen. Ivor may be ruined. Insurance won't cover a fraction of the loss. As Tom leads the investigation, Kate begins to see puzzling parallels between the murder and local legends. The more she learns, the more convinced she is that the solution to both crimes lies in the misty depths of Anglo-Saxon history and a generations-old pattern of betrayal. It's up to Kate to unravel this Celtic knot of lies and deception to save Ivor's business.

About Connie Berry

Connie Berry is an experienced author who specializes in international mysteries. Like her characters, she grew up in the world of fine antiques. When not writing, she enjoys foreign travel, cute animals, and all things British. She received degrees in English from DePauw University and The Ohio State University. A member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, she currently resides with her husband in Ohio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on October 05, 2016

This was a fairly good book I had no idea the Brits were so involved in the question of WMD in Iraq The US media prefers to call george jr a liar. He may have been an idiot, but I don't think he lied p382 "the absence of evidence is not absence of evidence" footnote 96 from press briefing feb 2002 That do......more

Goodreads review by A.M. on February 07, 2023

An establishment insiders' rambling portrait of Britain's secret service. If an incisiveness-free, patchworked history of MI6 written in a painfully loud Oxbridge voice sounds like your idea of fun, this is the book you've been looking for. Alternately, if you are after a British equivalent to the ma......more

Goodreads review by David on July 07, 2021

This does not purport to be a comprehensive history of MI6 but it covers the ground from post-wr Vienna into the Cold War and Russian agents/defectors on into the post 9-11 world. Interface with politicians is covered well, including with Thatcher and the Gordievsky product and with Blair ahead of t......more

Goodreads review by Joe on September 06, 2014

This was very enjoyable to read and I learned a lot of new things. The book rattles along and charts the period from the end of the second world war through to the present. Stuffed full of interesting anecdotes about people and an organisation that is by turns impressive and then absurd. I hadn’t re......more

Goodreads review by Gheri on January 18, 2015

very informative......more

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