A Killing Frost
A Blue Satan Mystery
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Publisher Description
In the winter of 1715, the River Thames freezes over and a Frost Fair is erected on the ice. Sir Walter Tatham, a recent visitor to Hawkhurst House, appears as a frozen corpse, leaning against a booth and dressed in expensive coronation robes. Lord Harrowby Hawkhurst asks Hester Kean to find out what she can about the baronet’s affairs but won’t tell her why. Hester enlists the help of her friend, the outlawed Viscount St. Mars, alias Blue Satan. Of course, he his embroiled in something else entirely—helping a Jacobite rebel escape Newgate prison.
See how these two navigate the treacherous streets of London and avoid the price on Blue Satan’s head. They must use all their wiles to corner a clever murderer in the 4th book in the award-winning Blue Satan mystery. Georgian Mystery by Patricia Wynn; originally published by Pemberley Press
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A frost fair erected on the frozen Thames during the winter of 1715 1716 provides diversion from the bitter cold as well as political turmoil in Wynn's winning fourth Blue Satan mystery (after 2007's The Motive from the Deed). One morning at dawn, a frozen corpse dressed in a coronation suit is discovered leaning against the wall of a wooden booth on the ice. Three days later, the authorities have ascertained that the deceased, Sir Walter Tatham, was "murdered under the most vicious of circumstances." Hester Kean, who was acquainted with the victim and has "a knack for making inquiries," turns for investigative help to her special friend, Viscount St. Mars (aka the Blue Satan, the notorious highwayman). Meanwhile, St. Mars has his own problems assisting the escape of a Jacobite rebel from Newgate prison. Through close attention to authentic period detail, Wynn brings early 18th-century England to life.
