Death of a Pilgrim - Hardcover

Dickinson, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569475407 ISBN 13: 9781569475409

Publisher: Soho Constable, 2009

Synopsis

Praise for the Lord Powerscourt series:

“Excellent.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Dickinson textures his canvas with historical detail as thick as the oil paint on one of his favorite paintings by Turner.”—Kirkus Reviews

1905. A pilgrim is killed in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, and Lord Francis Powerscourt is summoned to investigate. More deaths plague pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, before Powerscourt solves the murders.

David Dickinson has an honors degree in classics from Cambridge. He is a BBC editor and the author of eight mysteries in the Lord Powerscourt series. He lives in Barnes, West London, United Kingdom.

About this title

About the Author

David Dickinson was born in Dublin. He graduated from Cambridge with an honors degree before joining the BBC. He worked in British television for many years and now divides his time between Somerset and France.

Reviews

Set in France in 1906, Dickinson's eighth Lord Powerscourt investigation (after 2008's Death on the Holy Mountain) visits Agatha Christie terrain with limited success. When Englishman John Delaney dies on a family pilgrimage organized by his unscrupulous American cousin, magnate Michael Delaney (who once bought all the copies of a book that labeled him a robber baron), Powerscourt concludes that John was murdered, but the aristocrat's deductions concerning the person responsible don't come in time to prevent further deaths. Indeed, the killer continues his mysterious vendetta against the Delaney family, racking up an impressive body count. The mechanical unmasking of the culprit and the stock ending aren't up to the author's usual high standard. Hopefully, Dickinson, who has a real gift for evoking period and creating well-rounded characters, will come up with a stronger story line next time. (Mar.)
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Dickinson’s eighth installment in his Lord Powerscourt series is another cosmopolitan turn-of-the-century whodunit. Overjoyed and amazed that his prayers to spare his gravely ill son have been answered, unscrupulous America businessman Michael Delaney seeks absolution by organizing an ambitious religious pilgrimage across France and Spain. After numerous members of the extensive Delaney clan rendezvous in France in 1905, their plans are temporarily thwarted by the suspicious death of one of the pilgrims. As they stubbornly continue on their journey, a series of deadly accidents plagues the group, and it is up to private investigator Lord Francis Powerscourt, a former army intelligence officer, to unmask the maniac intent on decimating the entire Delaney clan. As usual, the knowledgeable Dickinson fortifies the suspenseful narrative with culturally and historically significant detail. --Margaret Flanagan

Edition details

• Publisher: Soho Constable
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569475407
• ISBN 13: 9781569475409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288