THE CASE OF THE WANDERING SCHOLAR - THE 2ND LAETITIA RODD MYSTERY - SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING.

SAUNDERS Kate

ISBN 10: 1408866897 / ISBN 13: 9781408866894

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2019

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In superb and unmarked condition, this book has been Signed by Kate Saunders to the Title Page. Both Book and Dust Jacket are in As New Condition. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Publishers number sequence 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 confirms that this is a first printing. The Jacket, which has not been price clipped, is protected by a clear, removable, archival protective covering. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CASE OF THE WANDERING SCHOLAR - THE 2ND LAETITIA RODD MYSTERY - SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408866897
• ISBN 13: 9781408866894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Fiction

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Synopsis

It is 1851 and Mrs Rodd has received an unusual commission: wealthy businessman Jacob Welland is dying of consumption and implores our redoubtable detective to find his beloved brother, whom he has not seen for fifteen years.

Joshua Welland was an Oxford scholar; brilliant, eccentric and desperately poor. Nobody can say exactly when he disappeared from his college, but he took to wandering the countryside and one day simply failed to return. Since then, there have been several sightings of his lonely, ragged figure. Ten years ago a friend spotted him in a gypsy camp, where he was rumoured to be learning great secrets that would one day astound the world.

Mrs Rodd uses her search as an opportunity to reconnect with a couple from her past, but then a violent murder is committed and Scotland Yard are called to investigate. Mrs Rodd's old friend Inspector Blackbeard doesn't want to hear any nonsense about gypsies or secrets, but Mrs Rodd is convinced that something very sinister is lurking in this peaceful landscape.