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Herriman, Nancy.
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Widows -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Herbalists -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction.
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Herriman, Nancy.
Widows -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Herbalists -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction.
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A fall of shadows / Nancy Herriman.
by
Herriman, Nancy.
Crooked Lane, 2019.
Call #:
FICTION HER
Subjects
Widows -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Herbalists -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction.
Series
Herriman, Nancy.
Bess
Ellyott
mysteries
; 2.
ISBN:
9781683319665 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
314 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"Autumn has fallen on Wiltshire, but as the air grows crisp and the trees turn a resplendent gold, a sinister presence arrives in the form of a horrifying murder. Bartholomew Reade, a player in a traveling troupe, has been found stabbed, sprawled on a low mound outside the village, a reed pen jabbed into his throat. On the night of the murder, a bleeding woman collapses at the doorstep of herbalist
Bess
Ellyott
desperately seeking help. Could she have a connection to the dead man? As
Bess
seeks answers, Constable Kit Harwoode is busy assembling his own lengthy list of suspects. Reade had many enemies, including the leader of the troupe, who resented his ambitions as a playwright, and his fellow players, who bristled at his arrogance--just to name a few. As if the case weren't thorny enough, the hill where the dead man was found is reputed to have once been the site of a Druid temple. And recent reports of diseased sheep and sick children, supposedly the work of a witch, have the townspeople terrified. As the shadows lengthen,
Bess
races to discover the truth before darkness descends."--Publisher's description.
Genre:
Historical mystery fiction.
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Adult Mystery Fiction
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