Blood On The Strand, Susanna Gregory
Blood On The Strand, Susanna Gregory
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Blood On The Strand
2

Author: Susanna Gregory

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2021

Synopsis

Susanna Gregory, author of the Matthew Bartholomew series of medieval mysteries, has created another compelling fictional detective set in Restoration London.

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The second adventure in the Thomas Chaloner series.

Rebellion is in the air of London in the spring of 1663.

Thomas Chaloner, spy for the King's intelligence service, has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin, but soon realises that England's capital is no haven of peace. He is ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession. He soon learns the man is no vagrant, but someone with links to the powerful Company of Barber-Surgeons. His master, the Earl of Clarendon, is locked in a deadly feud with the Earl of Bristol, and an innocent man is about to be hanged in Newgate. Chaloner becomes embroiled in a desperate race against time to protect Clarendon, to discover the true identity of the beggar's murderer, and to save a blameless man from the executioner's noose.

'Pungent with historical detail' (Irish Times)

'A richly imagined world of colourful medieval society and irresistible monkish sleuthing' (Good Book Guide)

'Corpses a-plenty, exciting action sequences and a satisfying ending' (Mystery People)

About Susanna Gregory

Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked eighteen 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 and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London. She now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on November 07, 2021

**Should Read as 4.5 Stars!** Read this book in 2011, and its the 2nd volume of the wonderful "Thomas Chaloner" series. This tale is set in the Spring of the year AD 1663, and Thomas Chaloner, former Parliamentarian spy but now spy for the King's intelligence service, has just arrived home from Dublin......more

Goodreads review by Truls on April 06, 2022

Det man kan säga emot denna bokserie, är att den är långsam. Mycket långsam. Dess fördel är att det är en intressant miljö, och att böckerna, denna inkluderad, har en upplösning som sällan är den förväntade.......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on April 13, 2015

Published: 28/05/2007 Author: Susanna Gregory Recommended for: fans of historical murder fiction novels I thought that this book was very good and it definately kept me wanting to read on until the very end. This book is part of the brilliant Thomas Chaloner series. This story is set in London in 1663,......more

Goodreads review by Donal McNamara on September 26, 2022

Blood On The Stand has its temporal base in 1663 and its geographical location in London, England. It’s early in the reign of King Charles II and his court is determined to party day and night, to make up for puritan rule under Oliver Cromwell. The book presents a court full of back stabbing, spinel......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on September 24, 2019

Well, the second instalment of Thomas Chaloner is super fast paced, crammed with conspiracies within conspiracies, and absolutely kept me guessing right up until the final page. Chaloner is working for the Earl of Clarendon, and after hearing a dying man’s final, cryptic words, is given the task of......more

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