A Just and Upright Man - Softcover

Lynch, R J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910194042 ISBN 13: 9781910194041

Publisher: Mandrill Press, 2014

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Historical Novel Society's 2015 Indie Prize, A Just and Upright Man shows us life in northeast England in the 1760s not as lived by the rich and powerful but from the point of view of those at the bottom of the heap. Life was precarious; when James Blakiston fell, he fell a long way and now he had two struggles on his hands--to bring the murderer of old Reuben Cooper to justice and to deny his love for the beautiful and spirited but low-born Kate Greener. As he builds a picture of the history of the murderous Cooper family over three generations, a missing coat begins to occupy his attention. How did it get from where it was to where it is--and why? A chance remark opens the door to the murderer at last. And Blakiston rejects love. But will love let him go?

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About the Author

John Lynch spent 40 years in international sales. He's lived and worked on every continent except Antarctica ("too cold"). Through all that, he's been a writer since he was ten years old and stood on stage at his primary school in Newcastle upon Tyne to read to the assembled pupils and their parents a story he had written. His breakthrough year was 1989, when he sold his first short story to BBC Radio, his first book to a publisher and his first article to a magazine. Since then, he's ghost written more than 60 books published in the name of other people, as well as contemporary and historical fiction and two non-fiction books in his own name.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mandrill Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1910194042
• ISBN 13: 9781910194041
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 346