The Death of Colonel Mann
$31.33
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
9 January 2001
Summary
Behind the curtained windows of Victorian Boston is a world of passion, scandal… and murder.
In life, he was the most despised man in Boston, publisher of the town’s scurrilous gossip sheet – and buyer and seller of people’s most scandalous indiscretions. Now Colonel William d’Arcy Mann lies on the floor of his fashionable hotel suite, the victim of a single gunshot wound to the heart.
Addington Ames came to recover a packet of love letters written by his young cousin, Val, th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440613985 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0440613981 |
| Author: | Cynthia Peale |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 2001 |
| Weight: | 411g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Beacon Hill |
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“Entertaining … most agreeable company in a sharply rendered Boston full of period surprises.”
– The Wall Street Journal
“Engaging characters, vividly of their time and place, and yet fighting evils that hurt and endanger us just as much today.”
– Anne Perry, author of Half Moon Street
“A fast-paced and complex tale.”
– Rocky Mountain News
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About The Author
Cynthia Peale
Cynthia Peale is the pseudonym of Nancy Zaroulis, author of Call the Darkness Light and The Last Waltz, among other successful novels. She lives outside Boston, where she is at work on the second in her Beacon Hill mystery series, Murder at Bertram’s Bower.
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