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Crucible of Secrets: Alexander Seaton 3, from the author of the prizewinning Seeker series
S.G. Maclean
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Description for Crucible of Secrets: Alexander Seaton 3, from the author of the prizewinning Seeker series
Paperback. Set in the 1630s, MacLean's new historical thriller finds Alexander Seaton investigating the violent death of the librarian at Aberdeen's Marischal College. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 322.
Knowledge is power, and when it gets in the wrong hands it can be lethal. Alchemy and murder combine in a gripping race against time from the CWA award-winning author of The Seeker.
'One of the best writers of historical crime' The Times
Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he has been brutally murdered.
His colleague and good friend Alexander Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849163163
SKU
V9781849163163
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Ref
99-38
About S.G. Maclean
S.G. MacLean has a PhD in history from Aberdeen University. She is the author of two historical crime series - The Alexander Seaton series, set in seventeenth-century Scotland, and the Damian Seeker series, set in Oliver Cromwell's London, as well as the standalone Jacobite thriller, The Bookseller of Inverness. She has been shortlisted four times for the CWA Historical ... Read more
Reviews for Crucible of Secrets: Alexander Seaton 3, from the author of the prizewinning Seeker series
'... a puzzler of intrigue, politics and religion, particularly the growing fascination with mysterious brotherhoods' Time Out.
Time Out
'The period detail is excellent; the Aberdeen of the time is richly imagined, and the dialogue is terrifically subtle. The characterisation too is accomplished with both major and minor characters clearly and enjoyably distinct' Historical Novels Review.
Historical ... Read more
Time Out
'The period detail is excellent; the Aberdeen of the time is richly imagined, and the dialogue is terrifically subtle. The characterisation too is accomplished with both major and minor characters clearly and enjoyably distinct' Historical Novels Review.
Historical ... Read more