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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Lloyd, Robert J.     Subjects     Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703 -- Fiction.     Hudson, Jeffrey, 1619-1681 -- Fiction.     Royal Society (Great Britain) -- Fiction.     New Year -- Fiction.     Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.     Kings and rulers -- Fiction.     London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lloyd, Robert J.       by title:      The bloodless boy : ...       by call number:      FICTION LLO     Search the Web     Lloyd, Robert J.     Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703 -- Fiction.     Hudson, Jeffrey, 1619-1681 -- Fiction.     Royal Society (Great Britain) -- Fiction.     New Year -- Fiction.     Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.     Kings and rulers -- Fiction.     London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The bloodless boy : a novel / Robert J. Lloyd. by Lloyd, Robert J. Melville House, 2021. Call #: FICTION LLO Subjects Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703 -- Fiction.   Hudson, Jeffrey, 1619-1681 -- Fiction.   Royal Society (Great Britain) -- Fiction.   New Year -- Fiction.   Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.   Kings and rulers -- Fiction.   London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction. Series Lloyd, Robert J. Hunt & Hooke novel ; 1. ISBN:  9781612199399 (hc.) Description:  400 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  "Part Wolf Hall, part The Name of the Rose, a riveting new literary thriller set in Restoration London, with a cast of real historic figures, set against the actual historic events and intrigues of the returned king and his court ... The City of London, 1678. New Year's Day. Twelve years have passed since the Great Fire ripped through the City. Eighteen since the fall of Oliver Cromwell and the restoration of a King. London is gripped by hysteria, and rumors of Catholic plots and sinister foreign assassins abound. When the body of a young boy drained of his blood is discovered on the snowy bank of the Fleet River, Robert Hooke, the Curator of Experiments at the just-formed Royal Society for Improving Natural Knowledge, and his assistant Harry Hunt, are called in to explain such a ghastly finding-and whether it's part of a plot against the king. They soon learn it is not the first bloodless boy to have been discovered. Meanwhile, that same morning Henry Oldenburg, the Secretary of the Royal Society, blows his brains out, and a disgraced Earl is released from the Tower of London, bent on revenge against the King, Charles II. Wary of the political hornet's nest they are walking into - and using scientific evidence rather than paranoia in their pursuit of truth - Hooke and Hunt must discover why the boy was murdered, and why his blood was taken. The Bloodless Boy is a absorbing literary thriller that introduces two new indelible heroes to historical crime fiction. It is also a powerfully atmospheric recreation of the darkest corners of Restoration London, where the Court and the underworld seem to merge, even as the light of scientific inquiry is starting to emerge..."--Publisher. Genre:  Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Historical mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION LLO Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION LLO Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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