Dead Man Riding
Dead Man Riding
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Summary
This Nell Bray mystery takes us back to the first year of the 20th century when Nell, a student at Oxford, experiences her first kiss and investigates her first murder. She suspects that a member of her travelling party is guilty of killing their host.
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Dead Man Riding by Gillian Linscott
In the last summer of Queen Victoria's reign it was not considered 'proper' for unmarried women to go travelling with members of the opposite sex. But Nell Bray can't understand why she and a mixed group of her student friends should not stay with an uncle of one of them, and they decide to risk the wrath of their colleges. Their intention is to discuss philosophy and literature and to walk the fells of the Lake District. However, when they arrive they find that Alan's uncle, the 'old man', having spoken out against the Boer War, has been ostracised by the village and is suspected of having murdered the local magistrate's son even though no body has been found. Her curiosity piqued by this tale, and by the old man's unconventional household, Nell determines to separate the facts from the myth. But first of all love gets in the way, and then the old man is discovered dead. At first it seems he chose a spectacular method of suicide to avoid scandal and ill health, but Nell then works out that he could not have killed himself in this way without help and she suspects that one of their party is a murderer ...
'Linscott writes like a rewarding angel' SUNDAY TIMES'She brings dilemas to life, taking us effortlessly into an alien moral landscape which feels packed with contemporary relevance' DAILY EXPRESS'A skillfully written, absorbing, thought-provoking read which challenges the reader to absorb every line.' HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW'Nell (bright, tough and without illusions) is an appealing and believable heroine.' Donna Leon
Gillian Linscott has been a journalist with the GUARDIAN and Parliamentary Correspondent with the BBC. Two Nell Bray novels have been dramatised on BBC Radio 4.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860499197 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860499198 |
| Title | Dead Man Riding |
| Author | Gillian Linscott |
| Series | A Nell Bray Mystery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2002-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2002 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |