Dark Waters, 9781472115911
Paperback
An accidental death. A conspiracy afoot. A forensic conundrum…

Dark Waters

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    7 January 2015

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Summary

Preston, 1741. The drowning of drunken publican Antony Egan is no surprise even if it comes as unpleasant shock to coroner Titus Cragg, whose wife is the old man s niece. But he does his duty to the letter, and the inquest s verdict is accidental death.

But Cragg s close friend Luke Fidelis finds evidence to cast doubt on the events leading up to Egan s demise. Soon, suspicions are roused still further when a well-to-do farmer collapses and it appears he was in town on poli…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472115911
ISBN-10:1472115910
Author:Robin Blake
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:7 January 2015
Weight:278g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 25mm
Series:Cragg & Fidelis
What They're Saying

Critics Review

This is rollicking stuff. Cragg and Fidelis are an engaging duo.

An impressive whodunnit - Publishers Weekly

Fascinating Cragg and Fidelis make a terrific detecting duo Blake s knowledge of an eighteenth century backwater just shaking off medieval superstitions is deep and engaging. - Booklist (starred review)

This is rollicking stuff. Cragg and Fidelis are an engaging duo. - Financial Times

About The Author

Robin Blake

Robin Blake is a novelist, art critic and acclaimed biographer of Anthony Van Dyck and George Stubbs. Born and brought up in Preston, he has lived for many years in London.

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