Synopses & Reviews
A fifth installment of the Lord Francis Powerscourt series follows the 1902 London investigation of a barrister's suspicious death during a dinner party, a case that is further complicated by a second barrister's shooting shortly afterward. Reprint.
Synopsis
In February 1902, a feast is held at the Inns of Court, during which senior barrister Alexander Dauntsey collapses and dies. When a second barrister is shot dead shortly after, Lord Francis Powerscourt is summoned to conduct a discreet investigation. His inquiries take him to the heart of legal London, where the wills of the dead can reveal the crimes of the living, and he discovers a troubled marriage, seemingly broken by the lack of children. The trail leads on, first to a grand country house, mysteriously boarded up, its past sealed within, then to a growing list of suspects including a jealous wife, a mistress fearful of being jilted, and a cuckolded husband who writes books about poisons. Powerscourt eventually finds that he too is now standing in the path of danger.
Synopsis
The fifth installment in the Lord Francis Powerscourt series finds our hero in 1902 London, where one barrister dies during a feast. Another barrister is shot soon after, and Powerscourt himself gets swept into the mystery.
About the Author
With an honours degree in Classics from Cambridge, David Dickinson joined the BBC, where he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama as well as series editor on Monarchy, a three-part programme on British royal family.