Men of subtle craft (Atlantic large print) - Softcover

Lewis, Roy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555046614 ISBN 13: 9781555046613

Publisher: J. Curley & Associates, 1988

Synopsis

Arnold Landon sets out to solve the puzzling crossbow murder of a hated landowner

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From Publishers Weekly:

Fans of Arnold Landon (A Trout in the Milk), mild-mannered Northumberland bureaucrat, will relish this polite, nicely old-fashioned mystery. Amateur medievalist Landon is asked to help a military historian at Newcastle University in tracing a 12th century master builder. A ruined castle, which may hold crucial clues, lies on the estate of Yates, a much-disliked landlord whose tenants want to stop him from "improving" the estate at their expense. The first two-thirds of the book reveal, to us and to Landon, just how surrounded by enemies Yates isand deservedly so. A young poacher and would-be tenant, a rude, irascible military historian, a solitary, brooding farmer, a putative heir to the estate, the "heir's" strong-willed lady-love, and Yates's housekeeper/mistress all have reason to wish the landlord ill. Landon finds Yates with a medieval crossbow bolt in his chest, and it devolves upon our self-effacing hero to find the villain. Justice is done, but not until Landon must sort through various unruly passions: "People gave him problems of emotional upset." A leisurely, fine-textured treat.
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About this edition

• Publisher: J. Curley & Associates
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 1555046614
• ISBN 13: 9781555046613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276