{"product_id":"mortmaall-9781788546157","title":"Mortmaall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eENGLAND, 1930.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Grieving widows are a familiar sight on London's Necropolis Railway. So when an elegant young woman in a black veil boards the funeral train, nobody guesses her true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRachel Savernake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not one of the mourners. She hopes to save a life – the life of a man who is supposed to be cold in the grave. But then a suspicious death on the railway track spurs her on to investigate a sequence of baffling mysteries: a death in a blazing car; a killing in a seaside bungalow; a tragic drowning in a frozen lake. Rachel believes that the cases are connected – but what possible link can there be?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRich, ruthless and obsessed with her own dark notions of justice, she will not rest until she has discovered the truth. To find the answers to her questions she joins a house party on the eerie and remote North Yorkshire coast at Mortmain Hall, an estate. Her inquiries are helped – and sometimes hindered – by the impetuous young journalist Jacob Flint and an eccentric female criminologist with a dangerous fascination with perfect crimes...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMortmain Hall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at once a gripping thriller and a classic whodunit puzzle: a Golden Age Gothic mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMortmain Hall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Maintains a cracking pace... Elegant period escapism' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A classic whodunit' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Rachel Savernake is on spectacular form... A Miss Marple for the 21st century' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Martin Edwards is a guru of the Golden Age... His work pays homage to the intricate puppetry and byzantine plotting popular in the period' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews for Martin Edwards:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Superb – a pitch-perfect blend of Golden Age charm and sinister modern suspense, with a main character to die for. This is the book Edwards was born to write' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLee Child\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Edwards has managed, brilliantly, to combined a Golden Age setting with a pace that is bang up-to-date. A great sense of the era observed through a cut-throat-sharp eye, every page dripping with brilliant period authenticity' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePeter James\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A ripping tale of retribution and rough justice, set against a finely realised 1930s London. It reads as if Ruth Rendell were channelling Edgar Wallace' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMick Herron\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Gripping' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePeter Robinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head Of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42789269536974,"sku":"9781788546157","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781788546157_a.png?v=1739958424","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/mortmaall-9781788546157","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}