Bones of the Buried - Softcover

Roberts, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841195871 ISBN 13: 9781841195872

Publisher: Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Second in the popular Lord Edward Corinth murder-mystery series; This exciting 1930s murder-mystery is the second in the Lord Edward Corinth/Verity Browne series, following the success of David Roberts' first book Sweet Poison. Corinth returns to London after six months in New York to find his sleuthing partner, journalist Verity Browne, Insisting he investigate a murder in Madrid. It is 1936 and Spain is about to erupt into civil war. Verity is now correspondent for a national newspaper and passionately committed to defending the Spanish republic against the Fascist threat. Her lover, David Griffiths-Jones, a senior figure in the Communist Party, has been convicted of murder and Verity appeals to Edward to help save him from the firing squad, even though she knows he sees him as his rival in love

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About the Author

David Roberts worked in publishing for over 30 years, most recently as partner at Michael O'Mara Books, before giving up to devote his energies to writing full time. He is married and divides his time between London and Wiltshire

From Publishers Weekly

It's 1936, Spain is on the verge of civil war, the Nazis are threatening Europe's stability and Lord Edward Corinth is coming to terms with the decline of his own titled class in England made all too clear by the murder of three of his Eton classmates. This intriguing second book in Roberts's series (Sweet Poison) reunites the wealthy, genteel and idle Edward with plucky journalist Verity Browne when she asks for his help in freeing her former lover, the communist ideologue David Griffiths-Jones, from jail in Spain. It appears Griffiths-Jones has been framed for the murder of another Communist Party member working to resist Franco's military rebellion. Although Edward's investigation does eventually lead to Griffith-Jones's release, personal matters call him home before the mystery is fully resolved. Edward almost forgets about Spain. But when a banker friend is murdered in his London home, Edward begins to suspect a link between these two deaths and a third an African safari mishap of another classmate. Edward and Verity, political opposites but alike in many ways, dodge their attraction for one another as they toggle between Spain and London seeking the connection. This complex story of class division and political ideas resists a neat and tidy resolution. Even so, a few logical inconsistencies in motivation and switches in point of view not to mention Edward's own too perfect, treacly family undercut a compelling historical filled with distinctive, gritty characters and literary allusions.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Constable & Robinson Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1841195871
• ISBN 13: 9781841195872
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320