Murder, I Presume (Transaction Large Print Books) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Gillian Linscott (Author)

Book Description

Series: Transaction Large Print Books | Publication Date: April 1992

A coward and disgraced explorer knows a secret that could ruin the career of a famous leader of African exhibitions, but moments away from uttering his secret, he dies on a public platform--poisoned by an African substance. (Mystery).

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Beginning at the London funeral of African explorer David Livingstone, this Victorian whodunit looks toward the rival expeditions of Philip Bright and Hardy Stretton, explorers formerly allied but now eager to establish competing theories about the source of the Nile. Peter Pentland, who lost a leg while on Bright and Stretton's earlier joint expedition, must remain in London and is asked by each man to look out for his wife: the aristocratic Stretton is married to dynamic Maud; Bright has recently wed Cecilia, a former governess. After the expeditions have left, Sebastian Ewart, discredited in the joint expedition, threatens to damage the reputations of both explorers but soon is dead of "heart failure." Pentland is suspicious of the death, as is Inspector Middleham, called in when the coroner's inquest decrees murder. Linscott ( Unknown Hand ) has a deft touch with characterization and an authoritative feel for Victorian society in this tale that succeeds both as mystery and as historical fiction.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 334 pages
• Publisher: Isis Large Print Books (April 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850894280
• ISBN-13: 978-1850894285
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,974,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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