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Envoy of the Black Pine
Clio Gray
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Description for Envoy of the Black Pine
Paperback. 'Playfully elegant and effortlessly seductive' Telegraph Num Pages: 416 pages, Map. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
An enthralling mystery of dangerous secrets, desperate men and macabre murder
April 1808: A storm sweeps across the islands of the Baltic Sea, destroying the village of Lower Slaughter as it goes. Into this ruined land comes missing-persons finder Whilbert Stroop, on the trail of a lost miniature library and its protector. Almost crossing his path is Griselda Liit, a refugee from Lower Slaughter, carrying her father's secrets back to the island of her birth. Behind Griselda, in the shadows, a strange figure follows for a very different reason. Stroop's investigation will lead him from the flooded valley to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
282g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755343546
SKU
V9780755343546
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Clio Gray
Clio Gray was born in Yorkshire, brought up in Devon and now lives in Scotland where she works in her local library. She has won prizes for many of her short stories, including the prestigious 2006 Scotsman & Orange Short Story Award for 'I Should Have Listened Harder', which can be downloaded from the Scotsman website.
Reviews for Envoy of the Black Pine
'Just as bloody as The Da Vinci Code ... however, much better written'
Scotsman
'Clio Gray is a master of atmosphere and sensuousness. She combines historical realism with the bizarre, whimsy with the macabre. Reading her is like being at a sumptuous feast in a palace, just before it is stormed'
Alan Bissett
Scotsman
'Clio Gray is a master of atmosphere and sensuousness. She combines historical realism with the bizarre, whimsy with the macabre. Reading her is like being at a sumptuous feast in a palace, just before it is stormed'
Alan Bissett