Will Rees #11: Murder, Sweet Murder

Will Rees #11: Murder, Sweet Murder
Eleanor Kuhns
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Hardback
h228 x 150mm - 224pg
25 Nov 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9780727850096
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Will Rees accompanies his wife to Boston to help clear her estranged father' s name in this gripping mystery set in the early nineteenth century. January, 1801. When Lydia' s estranged father is accused of murder, Will Rees escorts her to Boston to uncover the truth. Marcus Farrell is believed to have murdered one of his workers, a boy from Jamaica where he owns a plantation. Marcus swears he' s innocent. However, a scandal has been aroused by his refusal to answer questions and accusations he bribed officials. As Will and Lydia investigate, Marcus' s brother, Julian, is shot and killed. This time, all fingers point towards James Morris, Lydia' s brother. Is someone targeting the family? Were the family quarreling over the family businesses and someone lashed out? What' s Marcus hiding and why won' t he accept help? With the Farrell family falling apart and their reputation in tatters, Will and Lydia must solve the murders soon. But will they succeed before the murderer strikes again?

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Eleanor Kuhns is the 2011 winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel competition for A Simple Murder. The author of ten previous Will Rees mysteries, she is now a full-time writer after a successful career as the Assistant Director at the Goshen Public Library in Orange County, New York. www. eleanor-kuhns. com
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780727850096
Published: 25 Nov 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Severn House
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 228mm
Width: 150mm
Pages: 224

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