{"product_id":"mortmain-hall","title":"Martin Edwards: Mortmain Hall (Rachel Savernake) [2020] paperback","description":"A superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020 \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLAND, 1930.\u003c\/b\u003e Grieving widows are a familiar sight on London's Necropolis Railway. So when an elegant young woman in a black veil boards the funeral train, nobody guesses her true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut \u003cb\u003eRachel Savernake\u003c\/b\u003e is not one of the mourners. She hopes to save a life - the life of a man who is supposed to be cold in the grave. But then a suspicious death on the railway track spurs her on to investigate a sequence of baffling mysteries: a death in a blazing car; a killing in a seaside bungalow; a tragic drowning in a frozen lake. Rachel believes that the cases are connected - but what possible link can there be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich, ruthless and obsessed with her own dark notions of justice, she will not rest until she has discovered the truth. To find the answers to her questions she joins a house party on the eerie and remote North Yorkshire coast at Mortmain Hall, an estate. Her inquiries are helped - and sometimes hindered - by the impetuous young journalist Jacob Flint and an eccentric female criminologist with a dangerous fascination with perfect crimes...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMortmain Hall\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a gripping thriller and a classic whodunit puzzle: a Golden Age Gothic mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.\u003c\/p\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eMortmain Hall\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e'Maintains a cracking pace... Elegant period escapism' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A classic whodunit' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Rachel Savernake is on spectacular form... A Miss Marple for the 21st century' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Martin Edwards is a guru of the Golden Age... His work pays homage to the intricate puppetry and byzantine plotting popular in the period' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReviews for Martin Edwards: \u003cp\u003e'Superb - a pitch-perfect blend of Golden Age charm and sinister modern suspense, with a main character to die for. This is the book Edwards was born to write' \u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Edwards has managed, brilliantly, to combined a Golden Age setting with a pace that is bang up-to-date. A great sense of the era observed through a cut-throat-sharp eye, every page dripping with brilliant period authenticity' \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A ripping tale of retribution and rough justice, set against a finely realised 1930s London. It reads as if Ruth Rendell were channelling Edgar Wallace' \u003cb\u003eMick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Gripping' \u003cb\u003ePeter Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edwards, Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44198755336482,"sku":"9781788546140","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/edwards-martin-martin-edwards-mortmain-hall-rachel-savernake-2020-paperback-9781788546140-58296817221971.jpg?v=1726956305","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/mortmain-hall","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}