Will Rees #10: Murder on Principle

Will Rees #10: Murder on Principle
Eleanor Kuhns
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Hardback
h228 x 150mm - 224pg
31 May 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9780727850072
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Will Rees faces a moral dilemma when a slaveholder is murdered while attempting to recapture a former slave: should he pursue lawful justice or should he let the killer go free? November 1800, Maine. After helping their long-time friend Tobias escort his wife, along with a liberated slave and her child, from the Great Dismal back to Durham, Will and Lydia Rees' s lives are interrupted when a dead body is found near their home. The body is that of Mr Gilbert, a slaveholder from the Great Dismal. Was he murdered in pursuit of the former slaves? When it' s discovered Gilbert was infected with smallpox, and Gilbert' s sister arrives demanding justice and the return of her absconded slaves, Will is torn. Finding the killer could lead to the recapture of the former slaves. Letting them go free could result in a false arrest and endanger the Durham community. Will must make a choice . . .
The story shines for its historical backbone and atmospheric details . . . Perfect for readers of Margaret Lawrence' s Hannah Trevor novels and Eliot Pattison' s Bone Rattler series * Booklist on Death in the Great Dismal * The setting and historical detail remain sharp, with strong, descriptive prose * Booklist on A Circle of Dead Girls * A fine mystery that powerfully evokes the privations of the period * Kirkus Reviews on Simply Dead * An indefatigable, principled main character and an immersive early-republic setting, nicely delineating the life and times of the era, distinguish this historical mystery * Booklist on Simply Dead * The plot twists rank among the author' s most clever. Historical fiction fans will be pleased * Publishers Weekly on Simply Dead *
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 nine 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: 9780727850072
Published: 31 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Severn House Publishers
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 228mm
Width: 150mm
Pages: 224

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