THE INFERNAL RIDDLE OF THOMAS PEACH [Signed]

Treadwell, Jas

ISBN 10: 1529347327 / ISBN 13: 9781529347326

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, UK, 2021

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Octavo, 456 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is orange with gilt splattering, black and red lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£16.99" on front flap. Boards have shelving wear along spine head and tail. Signed "Inscribed uniquely for you reader, by the hand of" and dated "19/8/21" by Jas Treadwell. Shelved in hallway. 1390960. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1390960

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE INFERNAL RIDDLE OF THOMAS PEACH [Signed]

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London, UK

Publication Date: 2021

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First UK Edition, First Printing.

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Synopsis:

The year is 1785, and Thomas Peach, a gentleman of modest means, moves to a small village in the West Country, bringing with him a steamer chest of clothes, some books - and, apparently, his wife, Mrs Peach, who quickly becomes a source of fascination and suspicion to the villagers. Why is she never seen abroad? Why does Mr Peach refuse entry to her bedroom to their maidservant, who is unable to detect even a whisper of breath at Mrs Peach's door, try as she might? Does Mrs Peach even exist? And if so, is she the victim of her husband's cruelty?

A liberal and free thinker, Mr Peach is a member of a society of learned men in Bristol, one of whom is guardian of a young woman believed to be possessed by a demon. Mr Peach disagrees with this opinion, but suspicion only grows when the woman in question - whose mouth and lips are stained inexplicably black - escapes from her patron and causes panic in the countryside. Soon she is living under Mr Peach's protection. But he himself is in danger; someone - or something - has followed him from his former life in London. Thomas Peach has enumerable secrets - and one of them might just prove deadly.