Death on the Holy Mountain

Praise for the Powerscourt series:

Fine prose, high society, and a] complex plot recommend this series.--Library Journal

One hopes to see more of Lord Powerscourt and his friends in the near future.--Publishers Weekly

In 1905, Lord Francis Powerscourtinvestigates a series of art thefts from stately homes of the Protestant gentry in Ireland. Then people begin to vanish. As Powerscourt closes in on the killer, his own life is threatened and his patriotism is questioned.

David Dickinson, a BBC editor, lives in West London.

From the Hardcover edition.

Lord Powerscourt investigates a series of robberies from family mansions, a task which quickly turns into a murder investigation after a body is found on Croagh Patrick, the Holy Mountain, on a day when thousands of Irish pilgrims are making their way tot

David Dickinson has an honors degree in Classics from Cambridge. Working for the BBC, he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama, as well as series editor of Monarchy. He is the author of eight mysteries in the Lord Powerscourt series. He lives in Barnes, West London, UK.