A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake

A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake

The year is 1740. George II is on the throne, but England’s remoter provinces remain largely a law unto themselves. In Lancashire a grim discovery has been made: a squire’s wife, Dolores Brockletower, lies in the woods above her home at Garlick Hall, her throat brutally slashed. Called to the scene, Coroner Titus Cragg finds the Brockletower household awash with rumour and suspicion. He enlists the help of his astute young friend, doctor Luke Fidelis, to throw light on the case. But this is a world in which forensic science is in its infancy, and policing hardly exists. Embarking on their first gripping investigation, Cragg and Fidelis are faced with the superstition of witnesses, obstruction by local officials and denunciations from the squire himself. A Dark Anatomy marks the arrival of a remarkable new voice in mystery and a pair of detectives both cunning and complex.

This is rollicking stuffCragg and Fidelis are an engaging duo. * Financial Times *
An impressive whodunnit * Publishers Weekly *
Fascinating… Cragg and Fidelis make a terrific detecting duo… Blake’s knowledge of an eighteenth century backwater just shaking off medieval superstitions is deep and engaging. * Booklist (starred review) *

Robin Blake is a novelist, art critic and acclaimed biographer of Anthony Van Dyck and George Stubbs. Born and brought up in Preston, he has lived for many years in London.

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ISBN 13	9781472115935
ISBN 10	1472115937
Title	A Dark Anatomy
Author	Robin Blake
Series	Cragg And Fidelis
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2015-01-08
Number of pages	384
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