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Adventures of Thomas Cha, Fiction, Historical mysteries
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- Paperback Nov 24, 2015 | 9780751552812 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 8, 2015 | 9781405530798 | RRP $33.99 Buy Now
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Another excellent historical adventure from Susanna Gregory featuring 17th-century spy Thomas Chaloner
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London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fear. There is plague in the stews of St Giles, the Dutch fleet is preparing to invade, and a banking crisis threatens to leave Charles II's government with no means of paying for the nation's defence.
Amid the tension, Thomas Chaloner is ordered to investigate the murder of Dick Wheler, one of the few goldsmith-bankers to have survived the losses that have driven others to bankruptcy - or worse. At the same time, a French spy staggers across the city, carrying the plague from one parish to another.
Chaloner's foray into the world of the financiers who live in and around Cheapside quickly convinces him that they are just as great a threat as the Dutch, but their power and greed thwart him at every turn. Meanwhile, the plague continues to spread across the city, and the body count from the disease and from the fever of avarice starts to rise alarmingly . . .
Praise for The Cheapside Corpse: The Tenth Thomas Chaloner Adventure
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Pungent with historical detail - Irish Times
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Chaloner's adventures are a fast-paced and compelling historical treat - Good Book Guide
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Intrigue, detection, and action are blended perfectly with plot elements drawn from historical details that make the era come to life - Publishers Weekly
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.
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