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The Body in the Thames
- Adventures of Thomas Chaloner, Book 6
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
London swelters in a heatwave in the summer of 1664, and in the corridors of power, the temperature is equally high as an outbreak of war with the Dutch threatens to become a reality.
The sixth adventure in the Thomas Chaloner series.
In the dilapidated surroundings of the Savoy hospital, a delegation from the Netherlands has gathered for a final attempt to secure peace between the two nations. Thomas Chaloner, active in Holland during Cromwell's time, knows many of the delegates, including the sister of his late wife.
Then the body of his former brother-in-law is found in the Thames. Chaloner discovers that the dead man has left enigmatic clues to a motivation for his murder. Was he involved in a plot to steal the crown jewels, or did he fall foul of one of the many people in London who are determined that the peace talks will fail?
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"Pungent with historical detail." (Irish Times)
"A richly imagined world of colourful medieval society and irresistible monkish sleuthing." (Good Book Guide)
"Corpses a-plenty, exciting action sequences and a satisfying ending." (Mystery People)
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- Kindle Customer
- 23-03-22
A Cracking Mystery
This sixth Chaloner volume of my listening/reading has an involved and well thought through plot. It provides more than the usual opportunities to work out the villain/s, but Susanna Gregory is better than allowing easy solutions. I was totally surprised at the reveal in this novel. There are a number of things that might prove articulation points. How will Susanna Gregory follow it up? I have the next novel waiting, but it must wait its turn in the rotation of my reading. I find the narrator excellent in his performance but his voice, at times, seems to thin a little. This does not take away from a wonderful mystery novel. There is no requirement for readers to have any knowledge of Restoration England, and its politics. This is sufficiently explained in the novel. The only things that I hanker after here is my own visioning of the costumes. To this end I bought a book in a charity shop for a few pounds which I flick through when about to read any novel in an historical context. Gratefully some of the errors in the printed text do not repeat in this performance.
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